What is a cyclotron, the physics behind its working and why.

This video discusses the working of the cyclotron, the physics principles - the use of electric and magnetic fields to speed up charged particles - and uses the example of ANSTO National Research Cyclotron in Sydney in Australia.
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  • @vicg5323
    @vicg53232 жыл бұрын

    Awesome explanation with formulas. Clear and easy to follow. Thank you.

  • @randinoel8918
    @randinoel89182 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this explanation I am a undergraduate plant science major working in a research reactor. Since radioactive isotopes are not my specialty I have to go to KZread a lot of the time to fill myself in. So far I’ve only worked with C11 but I might work with some Mn isotopes in the future! This explanation really helps me understand what our physics specialist is talking about :).

  • @sweethtooth8412

    @sweethtooth8412

    Жыл бұрын

    I want to work in a hospital where they used a cyclotron to make radioisotopes. The job is called "Cyclotron operator" but i have no experience with the machine, i know how it works but only with the theory and i dont know what to do cause i really want the Job but i dont know where star to get it, i am chemical engineer

  • @mathsfornineyearolds
    @mathsfornineyearolds2 жыл бұрын

    He does not mess about in his explanations. Explaining things like that is harder than it looks.

  • @jamesarcidiacono177
    @jamesarcidiacono1773 жыл бұрын

    This was in our physics lesson today XD

  • @uzzy_787

    @uzzy_787

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same today lol

  • @ravalentmarshal5328
    @ravalentmarshal53283 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video!

  • @timmac700
    @timmac7003 жыл бұрын

    Wow this is fascinating! Thanks

  • @PhysicsHigh

    @PhysicsHigh

    3 жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome. Check out the follow up video

  • @sudhakarreddy1453
    @sudhakarreddy14537 ай бұрын

    Lot of clarity about basics 🎉🎉

  • @ziontech2797
    @ziontech27973 жыл бұрын

    Very well explained sir

  • @iJuampis
    @iJuampis3 жыл бұрын

    Extremely useful!!

  • @travelthetropics6190
    @travelthetropics61902 жыл бұрын

    Thanks mate! This is really helpful.

  • @timhowell6929
    @timhowell69293 ай бұрын

    Very cool thank you for this excellent information!

  • @joyhuang3461
    @joyhuang3461 Жыл бұрын

    one of the best explanation!!!

  • @zikermu
    @zikermu3 жыл бұрын

    It was very interesting .Thanks a lot

  • @PhysicsHigh

    @PhysicsHigh

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you liked it!

  • @aniljotwani
    @aniljotwani2 жыл бұрын

    Very educative

  • @raiyanahmed3534
    @raiyanahmed35343 жыл бұрын

    this is what 2 am is like xD

  • @nicoler7439
    @nicoler743911 ай бұрын

    I thought it was really wholesome how excited he seemed to be at the first particle accelerator

  • @ibadullahtahir7541
    @ibadullahtahir75413 жыл бұрын

    Hey thanks sir .

  • @steventhompson5365
    @steventhompson53652 жыл бұрын

    do other particles become present inside the accelerator and go in shorter or longer spurts than the particle it's accelerating while the particle accelerator is working and going? can it accelerate 2 particles of the same type and or separate types to see how the interact?

  • @ssimnett9836
    @ssimnett98362 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your video, very insightful. What if the velocity approached the speed of light? Wouldn't the mass change due to relativistic kinetics, in which case would this then affect the calculations for the angular velocity?

  • @PhysicsHigh

    @PhysicsHigh

    2 жыл бұрын

    You are correct . Many cyclotrons are sub relativistic. More a challenge to make one to get to relativistic speeds. That’s one of the reasons for the synchrotron invention.

  • @robinhooper7702
    @robinhooper77022 жыл бұрын

    Question. I paused at 5:21 to ask. What is the time component in each revolution of the proton, measuring from its' tightest revolution to the outer most as the proton travels, each circumference? I suspect that the time involved is very much the same if not identical. I have often pondered "How is it that the innermost second hand dial on a conventional clock is the same time measured from its' outer most circumference compared to the inner most distance traveled and yet the same time."

  • @johngonyaw7986
    @johngonyaw79862 жыл бұрын

    Awesome

  • @dannyarcher6370
    @dannyarcher63702 жыл бұрын

    7:52 - 18 MeV. LHC: It's so cuuuuuuute!! 😍😍😍

  • @roselinekukwaw7904
    @roselinekukwaw79043 жыл бұрын

    I just learnt this

  • @kevinpreis4868
    @kevinpreis48682 жыл бұрын

    Great video! I am wondering what is the limit for how many particles can be accelerated per one cycle at once? Also, can't we replace the heavy electromagnets with neodymium magnets - similar magnetic field, but the cyclotron is much lighter?

  • @Th4thWiseman

    @Th4thWiseman

    2 жыл бұрын

    Neodymium magnets cannot withstand the heat , that's why electromagnets are used.

  • @keijimorita1849
    @keijimorita18492 жыл бұрын

    What switches the polarity that fast?

  • @Akli12
    @Akli122 жыл бұрын

    What type of material are the two semicircles made of ??

  • @RyanSmith-cp5yl
    @RyanSmith-cp5yl Жыл бұрын

    Couple questions. 1. What is the mechanism and tech of initially injecting the Hydrogen ions? does it just enter in a hole in the gap between the "dees" ? 2. how does this electron 'stripper' work? where do all the electrons that were "stripped' go? is there a secondary use you can use for this collection? 3. i assume same process could be used for anti protons, although polarities would have to be switched accordingly i assume... 4. the 18MEV mentioned, is that based on some prior acceleration into the unit? or is that a slow moving proton? 5. have there been any open source projects to work with platforms like pi, arduino, etc. to build these DIY to get all the math right?

  • @BobFrTube
    @BobFrTube2 жыл бұрын

    Brings memories of the cyclotron in Stuyvesant Highschool NYC in 1965.

  • @drankenkorps
    @drankenkorps2 жыл бұрын

    Hei hipi.. Why you make voltage as as V(velocity) it should be U or E.. (U =12v)? Is that some standard in kwak kwak and Australia?

  • @mauriziom.6788
    @mauriziom.67882 жыл бұрын

    Could not the speed of movement also be able to store energy via electrostatic energy? As in Faraday's or Van de Graaff machine ...

  • @Bodapedica
    @Bodapedica3 жыл бұрын

    I'm confused, Why did you re-arrange the formula at 4:28 ?

  • @ezxd5192
    @ezxd5192Ай бұрын

    since the metals dees have an opening (otherwise how would the protons enter?), doesn't that mean electric field can be inside the dees? metals will block electric fields if they are a closed surface but here the metal dees are open

  • @robinhooper7702
    @robinhooper77022 жыл бұрын

    At 11:40 Are you saying that you use nomenclature to produce FDGs'?

  • @cj-ce1fr
    @cj-ce1fr3 жыл бұрын

    I was just able to destroy my feeding tube through quantum physics and hyperspead up metabolism with CERN amplifiers minus x80 % fat + slimx20 metabolism acceleration + blood cleaning centrus particle at a million x faster 🥰

  • @bryanthomas7963

    @bryanthomas7963

    3 жыл бұрын

    Jeez dude, thats sick, i need a step by step tutorial on how to achieve this!

  • @sanchi7410

    @sanchi7410

    2 жыл бұрын

    Workout?

  • @Thefreakyfreek

    @Thefreakyfreek

    2 жыл бұрын

    As somone whit a hyperactive metabolism I can tel you you dont want it to be that fast I eat enough for 3 persons and burn it fast You know how much that cost and how often I need to take a dump I did not eat for 3-4 days(illnes) and I lost 3-5 kg of my already lite weight

  • @mathsfornineyearolds
    @mathsfornineyearolds2 жыл бұрын

    Physics and chemistry are fun. We made a little oil refinery by melting coal in a test tube. Only a small part of it consisted of petrol, and a lot of benzine in comparison. If we find an alternative to combustion engines we are still going to be mining oil, so what do we do with all that petrol? The minds that watch this and maintain an interest in it will be aware by now of approaching energy crisis, and being young they are going to have the problem dumped on them, possibly in their life time.

  • @seahhorrell
    @seahhorrell3 жыл бұрын

    at 8:32 you say the protons energy is 18 MeV. I thought a proton has 938 MeV. (about 100 X its 3 quarks, 9.4 MeV.) so, what's up with that?

  • @PhysicsHigh

    @PhysicsHigh

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’m talking about it’s kinetic energy. It’s moving at nonrelativistic speeds

  • @ronaldwhite1730
    @ronaldwhite17302 жыл бұрын

    thank - you . ( 2022 / May / 14 )

  • @Bang6484a
    @Bang6484a2 жыл бұрын

    Is it for digging?

  • @Silvertone2000
    @Silvertone20002 жыл бұрын

    How do you get and handle a single proton? Where does it come from?

  • @PhysicsHigh

    @PhysicsHigh

    2 жыл бұрын

    Usually it’s hydrogen that’s been ionised

  • @johnishikawa2200
    @johnishikawa22002 жыл бұрын

    These machines-the cyclotrons-and the science behind them are a testament to the awesome power of the human mind. I believe that the future holds great promise for us-provided we get climate change under control-something which can be done with the technology already available, but that politics is blocking hand that we don't destroy ourselves in our technological "adolescence".

  • @deadeye_john
    @deadeye_john7 ай бұрын

    7:51 Does this mean that the strength of the magnetic field in the cyclotron is also 18 MeV?

  • @PhysicsHigh

    @PhysicsHigh

    7 ай бұрын

    The magnetic field strength of the cyclotron is measured in Tesla. And it is different to the 18 MeV. That number refers to the energy of the protons as they exit the cyclotron.

  • @thearmando5729
    @thearmando57292 жыл бұрын

    the frequency of the charge is not the same one of the polarity change, the polarity change is T/2 and since T= (2 pi x m)/ (B x q) the polarity frequency is pi x m / Bq.

  • @mariekatherine5238
    @mariekatherine52382 жыл бұрын

    Neat! Too bad there was no KZread in the late 1950’s and following. I could have used this vid and the other about the synchrotron to explain “what my Daddy does at work!”

  • @rty1955
    @rty19552 жыл бұрын

    Explain what a auto gradient synchrotron is. Whats the diff between thay and a cyclotron

  • @PhysicsHigh

    @PhysicsHigh

    2 жыл бұрын

    I did a video on the synchrotron How a synchrotron works - the LHC the Large Hadron Collider at CERN as an example kzread.info/dash/bejne/n4ShscGcaa7WZNI.html

  • @clemensvorbauer1183
    @clemensvorbauer11832 жыл бұрын

    at about 9:50 into the video the picture of the cyclotron is shown mirrored. that‘s incorrect, the B-field has to be flipped, or the force is in the wrong direction

  • @mlatti2
    @mlatti28 ай бұрын

    🎉

  • @50esined
    @50esined2 жыл бұрын

    I’m only twelve and I’m interested in this stuff…how

  • @smichaels10

    @smichaels10

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! It’s people like you who help to advance technology.

  • @idkmyownname8277
    @idkmyownname8277Ай бұрын

    So are we the ones who change the polarity?

  • @gbmillergb
    @gbmillergb2 жыл бұрын

    Particle accelerators operate kind of like shooting bullets at a car and try to identify where the pieces blown of the car belong.

  • @kt.nukegorthon9674
    @kt.nukegorthon96742 жыл бұрын

    But where do they get the particals to begin with.. not like a grain of sand we can just grab and drop in particle accelerator

  • @Kazimierz_motorsports_23
    @Kazimierz_motorsports_23 Жыл бұрын

    HA niceee!!!

  • @lawrencecole6527
    @lawrencecole6527Ай бұрын

    Wouldnt it escape perpendicular to the tangent, and not tangentially?

  • @PhysicsHigh

    @PhysicsHigh

    Ай бұрын

    No tangentially

  • @EdgyNumber1
    @EdgyNumber12 жыл бұрын

    This was in my KZread suggestions after I watched a Ghostbusters reaction video.. lol

  • @PhysicsHigh

    @PhysicsHigh

    2 жыл бұрын

    haha - well that is surprising. - KZread algorithms are weird, but I hope you like it

  • @EdgyNumber1

    @EdgyNumber1

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@PhysicsHigh Well I guess their proton packs use a cyclotron for their particle throwers. Pseudoscience (which oddly makes it believable in amongst the absurdity) but a fun movie.

  • @ameliajohn7597
    @ameliajohn75973 жыл бұрын

    why is the velocity increasing?

  • @PhysicsHigh

    @PhysicsHigh

    3 жыл бұрын

    I thought I explained that. Every time it travels a half circle it gets a boost by the voltage in the gap. The voltage gives it energy and this kinetic so faster.

  • @ameliajohn7597

    @ameliajohn7597

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@PhysicsHigh oh okay, thanks a lot :)

  • @danedgar1539
    @danedgar1539 Жыл бұрын

    How is the proton injected when it cant even be seen?

  • @PhysicsHigh

    @PhysicsHigh

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s hydrogen gas that has its electrons ripped off. So not one proton but many.

  • @ManyHeavens42
    @ManyHeavens422 жыл бұрын

    they should apply this technology to solar panels.

  • @FixItStupid
    @FixItStupid2 жыл бұрын

    Cancer For ALL Your So Smart

  • @NotABushFan1
    @NotABushFan12 жыл бұрын

    Could this be the same as a Mag-a-Tron used in microwaves?

  • @frizzlefry1921

    @frizzlefry1921

    2 жыл бұрын

    Those work with a series of resonant chambers. ‘Magnetron’

  • @SpybottleMessuage
    @SpybottleMessuage2 жыл бұрын

    What is the MAGNETRONE, and how does it make the RADIO-HYPNOSIS? Look at, this is the radio-electronic TUBE, that has the circular roots on its walls, as like tube and as like semi-circular tube-like roots in it's walls that make the MAGNETRONE tube inside as like revolver drum. Therefore, the electrons are flying from cathode to anode under the electro-magnetic field, and by the wall roots it got speed boost as like little permanent magnits attracting them and making twisting as like tornado. That electrons tornado got speedy flying by the anode into square mirrored vawe-conduit that is the Over High Frequency that the radars emitting and by the difference of the time electrons flying till the sea object and returned back - they judge about distance from that object between radar and the object on the sea. Therefore, if they make the opens and closed MAGNETRONE tube with the human voice current, the MAGNETRONE will vibrate the air molecules as like as the speaker. So, the texts of the psychological expressions got formed in the computer and combined into packets that got emitted from the sea radar - and .. the humans got HYPNOTIZED - the human behavior may be programmed into future default on the PROMPT, when is not enough the information and the DOMINANCE of the behavior is the RADIO-HYPNOSIS text inserted into brain into deep memory of the Human. Therefore, the RADIO-hypnosis is the criminal attempt to conduct by the human behaviors.

  • @ManyHeavens42
    @ManyHeavens422 жыл бұрын

    Genius.: I should have seen this Myself,I'm 💢 hahaha Yep ,I'm a Mad scientist I knew it was going to Happen

  • @Anders-Rostam
    @Anders-Rostam Жыл бұрын

    good explenation, thank you, but what it releases, its an electron, i think u say it wrong.

  • @oladosvinzuella6998
    @oladosvinzuella69982 жыл бұрын

    in 2020 and your video is 720p damn

  • @erinpitt580
    @erinpitt5802 жыл бұрын

    " ...... Why worry? Each of us is wearing an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on his back. .... "

  • @shauljonah6955
    @shauljonah69552 жыл бұрын

    So nearly 20% the speed of light. Not to bad to go to Mars with.

  • @Peter_Riis_DK
    @Peter_Riis_DK2 жыл бұрын

    Information is missing which makes this mostly incomprehensible.

  • @terrysikes6638
    @terrysikes66382 жыл бұрын

    I thought Cyclotron was one of the Transformers.

  • @Dad-and-the-lad
    @Dad-and-the-lad2 жыл бұрын

    2 d's... so... basically a big set of double d's?

  • @lisarlynch1
    @lisarlynch1 Жыл бұрын

    E

  • @robinhooper7702
    @robinhooper77022 жыл бұрын

    Think of a Black hole and how it manifests energy...Mother natures' Cyclotron...

  • @seandarke1892
    @seandarke18922 жыл бұрын

    1st. Generation ufo technology

  • @magnitudematrix2653
    @magnitudematrix26532 жыл бұрын

    I see, your using magnetic field density to compress and decompress matter until you reach the magnitude to make your element. This is also known as compressions and refractions. Lets turn and burn!

  • @KGBJACKAL
    @KGBJACKAL2 ай бұрын

    I love using this in space to create wildfires and “natural disasters” 😂

  • @covalent4897
    @covalent48976 ай бұрын

    who else cam from mr naga

  • @thisisyourcaptainspeaking2259
    @thisisyourcaptainspeaking22592 жыл бұрын

    Not your everyday CAT scan, it's a PET scan.

  • @gkess7106
    @gkess71062 жыл бұрын

    An electric bicycle?

  • @paulinio82
    @paulinio82 Жыл бұрын

    If you're ever in Dubai shout me up for some buckwheat bolognese bro

  • @diamondstudios2568
    @diamondstudios2568 Жыл бұрын

    How many here are Ghostbusters fans who looked this up ✋

  • @quistan2
    @quistan22 жыл бұрын

    Its when you're with a girl and your like laru laru laru... OHH, cyclOOotron, im describing something totally different.

  • @skysurferuk
    @skysurferuk2 жыл бұрын

    You lost me at "inject a proton".

  • @alexanderbell7746
    @alexanderbell77462 жыл бұрын

    WRONG EXPLANATION,, ELECTRICITY ARE FUEL OF GRAVITY TO INCREASE THE SPEED FOR ACCELARATING THE MAGNET

  • @kevinmichaelbergman8276
    @kevinmichaelbergman82762 жыл бұрын

    Nothing new so I'm not concerned about it but I don't want you finding any of my secrets so I will be watching. We are the Entity of many names. I am God Adam=Kevin, God Sygba, God Shiva, AKA Atum Keivan Loki Kabir Kyivan Keiv Kyiv God Shiva, God Allah, with a New God Adlu, from Lillith! We are the Trinity of 12 God Kevin, and God Adlu, God Sygba, God Shiva, God Allah with our Goddesses Tiamat, Ishtar, Gaya, Sophia, Athora, Lillith, Terra,! We are the Trinity of Trillions of the Universe Elected by our Ansestors and we Destroyed all Fake God's and Devils who we're all Criminals we destroyed already I God Kevin invented a Weapon Technology which Changed the Universe we finally were able to Destroy the Spirits of those who we could not before, now we are at peace with each other again without those who are Evil.

  • @oliverheaviside2539

    @oliverheaviside2539

    2 жыл бұрын

    Someone takes too many ‘shrooms.

  • @kevinmichaelbergman8276

    @kevinmichaelbergman8276

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@oliverheaviside2539 Sand Particles wow brainless

  • @kevinbroderick3779
    @kevinbroderick37792 жыл бұрын

    OMG! It's Father John Mulcahy from M.A.S.H., wow! Where's your Hat 🧑‍🌾 and Cross ✝️ ?

  • @PhysicsHigh

    @PhysicsHigh

    2 жыл бұрын

    I look nothing like him

  • @goatsinker347
    @goatsinker3472 жыл бұрын

    I fell asleep; hope this guy doesn't teach professionally.

  • @oliverheaviside2539

    @oliverheaviside2539

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Goat Sinker. He is an excellent teacher, but you have to have a good foundation of math, physics and chemistry to fully follow him.