isochronous orbit

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classical cyclotrons

  • schematic diagram of a linear proton resonance accelerator
    In particle accelerator: Classical cyclotrons

    …a uniform magnetic field are isochronous; that is, the time taken by a particle of a given mass to make one complete circuit is the same at any speed or energy as long as the speed is much less than that of light. (As the speed of a particle approaches…

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