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The Proton Synchrotron

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Nuclear Instrumentation I / Instrumentelle Hilfsmittel der Kernphysik I

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Physics / Handbuch der Physik ((PHYSIK 8,volume 8 / 44))

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Proton synchrotron has become the generic name for magnetic particle accelerators which produce proton beams in the Bev energy range. Originally the proton synchrotron was distinguishable from other particle accelerators by its pulsed ring magnet and its swept accelerating radio-frequency. However, electron synchrotrons have been developed in forms essentially identical to those of the proton synchrotron. The only major difference is the problem of radiative loss which is still unimportant in circular proton accelerators, but it is now limiting the size of circular electron types. The ring magnet remains but it is not necessarily pulsed, since the advent of the fixed-field alternating-gradient concept. There is no reason, in principle, that prevents the “proton” synchrotron from accelerating deuterons, alpha-particles, or heavier ions. A straightforward rearrangement of electrical equipment would permit acceleration of such heavier particle, but the research requirements of particle physics want the highest energy per bombarding nucleon and the simplest collision situation. Consequently, there has been little demand for acceleration of ions other than protons to energies above 1 Bev.

Patts A, B and D by G.K. Green, Part C by E.D. Courant.

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Green, G.K., Courant, E.D. (1959). The Proton Synchrotron. In: Creutz, E. (eds) Nuclear Instrumentation I / Instrumentelle Hilfsmittel der Kernphysik I. Encyclopedia of Physics / Handbuch der Physik, vol 8 / 44. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45926-9_6

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