different between synchrocyclotron vs synchrotron

English

Etymology

synchro- +? cyclotron

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??k????sa?kl?t??n/

Noun

synchrocyclotron (plural synchrocyclotrons)

1. A particle accelerator like a cyclotron, but which operates at variable frequency to account for the particles gaining energy, allowing for greater energies to be achieved.
   • 2004: The synchrocyclotron was able to accelerate protons to sufficient energies that collisions with nuclei produce pions, the lightest particles that, we now know, are made from a single quark and an antiquark. — Frank Close, Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2004, p. 50)

Translations

English

Etymology

synchro- +? -tron

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s??k??(?)t??n/

Noun

synchrotron (plural synchrotrons)

1. (physics) A form of cyclotron in which charged particles are accelerated by an electric field that is synchronized with a magnetic field that keeps them in a circular path.

Derived terms

• synchrotron radiation / synchrotron light

Translations

French

Etymology

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??.k??.t???/

Noun

synchrotron m (plural synchrotrons)

1. synchrotron

Further reading

• “synchrotron” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).