cyclotron

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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

So when Lawrence unveiled yet another audacious scheme in 1952—this one for a neutron-producing cyclotron code-named J-16 and bearing an astounding price tag of $30 million—-Smyth was distinctly unmoved.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik