Ernest Lawrence and the Cyclotron: AIP History Center Web Exhibit

Ernest Lawrence and the Cyclotron

Early particle accelerator's huge sparks

Early particle accelerators required physicists to maintain high voltages without the "arcing" of huge sparks and to build vacuum tubes that could handle high potentials.

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	Early particle accelerators required physicists to maintain high voltages without the "arcing" of huge sparks and to build vacuum tubes that could handle high potentials.
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