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betatron



A type of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons (beta particles) to energies of up to several hundred MeV. The electrons run in a evacuated, annular tube and are kept on this orbit by a magnetic field array. They are accelerated by electromagnetic induction (transformer principle).


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Source: European Nuclear Society


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