Circular Accelerator

circular accelerator

[′sər·kyə·lər ak′sel·ə‚rād·ər] (nucleonics) circular particle accelerator

Circular Accelerator

 

(or cyclic accelerator), a particle accelerator in which the particles repeatedly travel through the same accelerating electrodes and move in orbits that are close to circles or spirals. (SeeACCELERATOR, PARTICLE.)