Editing Betatron (section)

==Etymology==
The name "betatron" (a reference to the [[beta particle]], a fast electron) was chosen during a departmental contest. Other proposals were "rheotron", "induction accelerator", "induction electron accelerator",<ref>{{cite journal | journal = The Chemistry Leaflet | title = Shall New Machine Be Named Betatron or Rheotron | author = Science Service | volume = 15 | issue = 7–12 | year = 1942 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=MHVPAAAAMAAJ&q=rheotron+betatron }}</ref> and even "''Außerordentlichehochgeschwindigkeitselektronenentwickelndesschwerarbeitsbeigollitron''", a suggestion by a German associate, for "Hard working by golly machine for generating extraordinarily high velocity electrons"<ref>{{cite web |author = Celia Elliot |title = Physics in the 1940s: The Betatron |work = Physics Illinois: Time Capsules |publisher = [[University of Illinois]] |location = Urbana-Champaign, IL |url = http://physics.illinois.edu/history/Betatron.asp |access-date = 13 April 2012 |archive-date = 15 April 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120415101011/http://physics.illinois.edu/history/Betatron.asp |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | author1 = R.A. Kingery | author2 = R.D. Berg | author3 = E.H. Schillinger | chapter= Electrons in Orbit | title = Men and Ideas in Engineering: Twelve Histories from Illinois | location = Urbana, IL | publisher = University of Illinois Press | year = 1967 | page =68 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=cGVbAAAAMAAJ&q=by.golly | asin = B002V8WB8I}}</ref> or perhaps "Extraordinarily high velocity electron generator, high energy by golly-tron."<ref>{{cite magazine | magazine = [[Life (magazine)|Life]] | title = The Biggest Betatron in the World | page = 131 | date = March 20, 1950 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=AFMEAAAAMBAJ&q=by.golly.tron&pg=PA131 }}</ref>