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Figure 6: Synchrotron with alternating-gradient focusing, showing the placement of the two types of magnets. Shown at the bottom is a cross section of a typical magnet with the two different types of pole-tips used (see text).

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synchrotron oscillation proton synchrotron magnet ring inflector weak focusing alternating-gradient focusing transition energy electron synchrotron Tevatron Advanced Photon Source Large Hadron Collider betatron cyclotron

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Carlo Rubbia

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