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A cyclotron is essentially a linear accelerator arranged in what form?
AWrapped in a circle
BFolded into a cube
CStretched into a spiral
DEnclosed in a sphere
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Wrapped in a circle
Particles circle in a magnetic field and receive a push from an electric field on each orbit, like a linear accelerator wrapped in a circle.
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