입자의 에너지가 증가함에 따라 자기장의 세기를 조절하여 궤도 반지름을 일정하게 유지하는 원형 입자 가속 장치.
A cyclic particle accelerator in which the magnetic field and the electric field are synchronized with the traveling particle beam to keep it in a fixed closed-loop path.
예문:
"Researchers used the synchrotron to analyze the molecular structure of the new protein."
"The synchrotron radiation produced by the facility is essential for advanced materials science."
"Upgrading the synchrotron allowed for higher precision in particle collision experiments."