1. a type of particle accelerator used to accelerate protons and other particles to very high energies
Usage: physics; technical

Examples

• The bevatron at Berkeley was used to discover new subatomic particles.
• Scientists used the bevatron to study high-energy particle collisions.
• The bevatron could accelerate protons to energies of several billion electron volts.
• Research at the bevatron led to important discoveries in nuclear physics.
• The bevatron was one of the first accelerators capable of creating antiprotons.