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What is a synchrocyclotron?

What is a synchrocyclotron? Here are some definitions.

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  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.
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In the operation of a synchrocyclotron, particles are accelerated from the ion source when the frequency of the accelerating voltage is equal to the orbital frequency of the particles in the central field.
The synchrocyclotron is now an important tool for proton therapy and proton irradiation projects.
The steel cylinder in front of him holds a document to be laid in the concrete of the synchrocyclotron building.
But in 1955 Irène Joliot secured the creation of a modern new laboratory at Orsay, which was to be equipped with a synchrocyclotron.
Its advantage over the synchrocyclotron is that the beam is not pulsed and is more intense.
The 184-inch synchrocyclotron has a single dee instead of the double-dee arrangement described above for illustrative purposes.

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