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How is energy of particles increased by action of electric field on a charged particle in a cyclotron?

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In a cyclotron particle is injected with a very small velocity near the canter of the cyclotron. Due to the Lorentz force acting on it, it starts rotating in a circle but the radius of the locus of the particle increases monotonously. Let us assume that that the DEE's of the cyclotron has a radius R. So this is the maximum radius of the path followed by the particle.
Here,
qvmaxB=mvmax2/Rvmax=qBRm
This is the maximum speed achieved by the particle (where, q,B,R,m has usual meaning).
As the velocity increases its KE also increases and becomes
KEmax=m2qBRm2
just before exiting the cyclotron. This is very large compared to the initial KE ie. almost zero.

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