what is cyclotron???
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Cyclotron can be defined as a type of particle accelerator in which charged particles accelerate outwards from the centre along a spiral path. These particles are held to a spiral trajectory by a static magnetic field and accelerated by a rapidly varying electric field.
A Cyclotron is a type of particle accelerator invented by Ernest O. Lawrence in 1929–1930 at the University of California, Berkeley, and patented in 1932.
A cyclotron accelerates charged particles outwards from the center along a spiral path.
Cyclotrons are used in researches to study about EM waves and to study properties of nucleus of an atom in nuclear physics.
Apart from researches,they are used in particle therapy like cancer wherein the radiations are used to penetrate body tissues and damage cancer cells.