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betatron
[ bey-tuh-tronor, especially British, bee- ]
noun
, Physics.
- an accelerator in which electrons are accelerated to high energies by an electric field produced by a changing magnetic field.
betatron
/ ˈbiːtəˌtrɒn /
noun
- a type of particle accelerator for producing high-energy beams of electrons, having an alternating magnetic field to keep the electrons in a circular orbit of fixed radius and accelerate them by magnetic induction. It produces energies of up to about 300 MeV
betatron
/ bā′tə-trŏn′ /
- A type of particle accelerator that uses changing magnetic fields to accelerate electrons. Energies of several hundred million electron volts can be achieved in a betatron.
- See also particle accelerator
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