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Cyclotron
Concepts tested here
- Cyclotron frequency and energy
All Questions
2012 AIPMT-PRE 1 question
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An alternating electric field, of frequency $\nu$, is applied across the dees (radius = R) of a cyclotron that is being used to accelerate protons (mass = m). The operating magnetic field (B) used in the cyclotron and the kinetic energy (K) of the proton beam, produced by it, are given byThe applied frequency must equal the cyclotron frequency: $\nu = \frac{eB}{2\pi m}$ ...(i)
$B = \frac{2\pi m\nu}{e}$
At the edge of the dees: $R = \frac{mv}{eB} = \frac{\sqrt{2mK}}{eB}$
$K = \frac{R^2e^2B^2}{2m}$; substituting B: $K = \frac{R^2e^2}{2m}\cdot\frac{4\pi^2m^2\nu^2}{e^2} = 2m\pi^2\nu^2R^2$
