Combining with the classical kinetic energy givesHere denotes kinetic energy, not relativistic total energy. At fixed magnetic field, twice the final radius allows four times the classical kinetic energy. At fixed final kinetic energy, a larger accelerating gap voltage reduces the number of crossings needed, but does not change the required orbit radius.
For an illustrative proton with and peak gap voltage , take negligible injection kinetic energy, on-crest kicks, a zero-width gap, and no losses. Each crossing adds , so crossings give , using electronvolts. With and ,The th kick arrives after intervening half-turns, about after the first kick in this idealization. The final two curvature radii differ by . That difference is a curvature-radius increment, not a general formula for separation of real extracted turns: successive arc centers shift, and extraction also depends on focusing and the gap geometry. These chosen settings are a calculation, not historical measurements.
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