betatron

betatron
A circular electron accelerator that is a source of either high energy electrons or x-rays.

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n.
a device used to accelerate a stream of electrons (beta particles) into a beam of radiation that can be used in radiotherapy.

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be·ta·tron (baґtə-tron) an apparatus for accelerating electrons to millions of electron volts by means of magnetic induction.

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  • betatron — BETATRÓN, betatroane, s.n. (fiz.) Aparat de accelerare a electronilor. – Din fr. bêtatron. Trimis de paula, 02.06.2002. Sursa: DEX 98  betatrón s. n. (sil. tron), pl. betatroáne Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic … …   Dicționar Român

  • Betatrón — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Un betatrón es un acelerador de partículas desarrollado por Donald Kerst en la Universidad de Illinois en 1940 para acelerar electrones. El betatrón es esencialmente un transformador con un gran tubo vacío como su… …   Wikipedia Español

  • bêtatron — [ bɛtatrɔ̃ ] n. m. • v. 1936; de 1. bêta et (cyclo)tron ♦ Sc. Cyclotron à électrons. ⇒ accélérateur (II, 4o). ● bêtatron nom masculin (de rayons bêta et électron) Synchrotron dans lequel l accélération des électrons produit des rayons X utilisés… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • betatrón — betatron betatron m. instrum. Acelerador de electrones mediante un campo magnético circular que permite obtener haces de electrones de alta energía u otro tipo de radiaciones (rayos X o gamma). Se utiliza en medicina para combatir procesos… …   Diccionario médico

  • betatron — e ta*tron n. a type of particle accelerator which accelerates a continuous beam of electrons to high speeds by means of the electric field produced by changing magnetic flux. Syn: induction accelerator. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bétatron — s. m. [Física] Aparelho acelerador de partículas que serve para produzir elétrons animados de uma grande energia. • [Brasil] Plural: betátrones ou bétatrons.   ♦ Grafia em Portugal: betatrão …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • betatron — bȅtatrōn m DEFINICIJA fiz. kružni akcelerator za proizvodnju visoko energetskih elektrona (do 340 MeV), uključujući proizvodnju visoko energetskih X zraka, elektroni se ubrzavaju pomoću magnetske indukcije ETIMOLOGIJA v. beta + v. ciklotron …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • betatrón — m. Fís. Máquina aceleradora de electrones, con aplicaciones en radioterapia …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • betatron — ☆ betatron [bāt′ə trän΄ ] n. [< BETA RAY + (ELEC)TRON] an electron accelerator which uses a rapidly changing magnetic field to accelerate the particles and maintain them in a focused circular path …   English World dictionary

  • Betatron — A betatron is a cyclotron developed by Donald Kerst at the University of Illinois in 1940 to accelerate electrons. The betatron is essentially a transformer with a torus shaped vacuum tube as its secondary coil. An alternating current in the… …   Wikipedia

  • Betatron — Historisches Betatron (6MeV, Konstruktionsbeginn 1942) Das Betatron (auch anschaulich „Elektronenschleuder“ genannt) ist ein für leichte geladene Teilchen (wie Elektronen oder Positronen) geeigneter Kreisbeschleuniger. Das Betatron ähnelt dem… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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