cryogun

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noun

A cryogenically-cooled electron gun

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Meanings

nouncryogun (plural cryoguns)

plural cryoguns

  1. A cryogenically-cooled electron gun

    For a final charge of 1000k electrons the cryogun produces a coherence length per rms spot size of 0.1 nm/micron for an rms bunch length of 100-200 fs and final spot size of 50 micron.

    2015, C. Gulliford, A. Bartnik, I. Bazarov, “Multi-objective Optimizations of a Novel Cryo-cooled DC Gun Based Ultra Fast Electron Diffraction Beamline”, in arXiv

Origin

From cryo- + gun.

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cryogun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryogun

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“cryogun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryogun. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cryogun,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryogun.

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