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cyclotron

[sahy-kluh-tron, sik-luh-] / ˈsaɪ kləˌtrɒn, ˈsɪk lə- /


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The centre in London is huge, with a vast cyclotron buried five stories underground and powering the proton beam 24 hours a day, Dr Hiley said.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Looking up can make you feel you are within a cyclotron, sucked up like the figures you are watching.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Researchers carefully controlled the initial fuel gas pressure and applied electron cyclotron resonance heating during the startup phase of each discharge.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2026

The magnetic field produced by a cyclotron accelerates particles to dizzying speeds.

From Scientific American • Mar. 16, 2023

Yet Johns abstract warnings of the perils of the unshielded cyclotron had less visceral impact on the staff than the fate of the very first mouse he irradiated with neutrons.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik