Definition of "Pelletron"

Pelletron

noun
plural Pelletrons
1. A type of electrostatic particle accelerator that builds a charge of high voltage using a charging chain of short conductive tubes called pellets connected by links made of insulating material, as opposed to using a belt or rectifier stack.
  Quotations
  An extremely important advantage of using a Pelletron driven FEL as a power source is its ability to synchronize the radiation of all the cavities by operating all the FEL's in a single cavity.
  1987, Eric R. Lindstrom, Louise S. Taylor, Proceedings of the 1987 IEEE Particle Accelerator Conference
  The Pelletron was manufactured by the National Electrostatics Corporation (NEC) and placed into routine operation in 1982.
  1990, P. Marin, EPAC 90: 2nd European Particle Accelerator Conference
  To further increase the beam energy of Pelletron, a superconducting linear accelerator (LINAC) is being set up.
  2015, INDIA 2015