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cyclotron Definition

☆ cy·clo·tron (sī′klō trän′, -klə-)

noun

a circular particle accelerator for positively charged ions (usually protons, deuterons, and alpha particles), normally used to initiate nuclear transformations upon collision with a suitable target: through the combined action of a constant magnetic field with an oscillating electrostatic field across two -shaped, hollow electrodes, it causes a particle to move in an increasingly large spiral path inside the electrodes with increasing kinetic energy and velocity

Etymology: cyclo- + -tron

cyclotron Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • medical: Patients come from across the globe to have tumors treated by the UK ' s only medical cyclotron.

Modifies a noun

  • resonance: Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry ( FT-ICR-MS ) was used as a major tool for structure analysis.
  • spectrometry: Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry ( FT-ICR-MS ) was used as a major tool for structure analysis.
  • frequency: The ratio of the cyclotron frequencies determines their relative masses.
  • mass: Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry ( FT-ICR-MS ) was used as a major tool for structure analysis.
  • wave: Ion cyclotron waves are able to heat the corona from 50000 to above 1 million degrees by directly heating alpha particles only.
  • motion: We show that this behavior arises from drift of the guiding center of cyclotron motion along contours of an effective potential.

Noun used with modifier

  • ion: See electron cyclotron resonant heating, ion cyclotron resonant heating, lower hybrid heating.
  • electron: See electron cyclotron resonant heating, ion cyclotron resonant heating, lower hybrid heating.