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Cyclotron

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A French cyclotron, produced in Zurich, Swisserland in 1937
A modren cyclotron for radiation therapy

A cyclotron is a teep o pairticle accelerator in which chairged pairticles accelerate ootwards frae the center alang a spiral path. The pairticles are held tae a spiral trajectory bi a static magnetic field an acceleratit bi a rapidly varyin (radio frequency) electric field.[1]

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  1. ↑ "Cyclotrons – What are They and Where Can you Find Them". www.iaea.org (in Inglis). 27 Januar 2021. Archived frae the original on 20 Apryle 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
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