They consist of a vacuum chamber in a narrow gap between the two poles of a large, constant strength magnet in which two dee electrodes are housed.
Problems with these devices historically included the high incidence of bremsstrahlung created by the current it employs, though these devices are now used to produce that very braking radiation in the form of low-frequency x-rays. They consist of a vacuum chamber in a narrow gap between the two poles of a large, constant strength magnet in which two dee electrodes are housed. A relativistic correction by one over gamma explained why larger values of its namesake, fixed frequency of electric field reversal between the dees could not indefinitely increase acceleration. Improved by Veksler and McMillan's synchrotron, FTP name this device invented by M. Stanley Livingston and Ernest Lawrence, named for the circular path taken by accelerated particles.
Problems with these devices historically included the high incidence of bremsstrahlung created by the current it employs, though these devices are now used to produce that very braking radiation in the form of low-frequency x-rays.
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