acceleration voltage meaning

[Electronics]
The potential between accelerating elements in a vacuum tube, the value of which determines average electron velocity.

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1. Acceleration voltages of up to 200 kV are achievable.
2. On the other hand, intense sources are more difficult to make and higher acceleration voltages are needed for a given range.
3. Because the transverse deflection can be described with polar coordinates, one may define a deflection or polarization angle using the transverse acceleration voltage components.
4. For the special case of an electrostatic field that is surpassed by a particle, the acceleration voltage is directly given by integrating the electric field along its path.
5. RF cavities can also manipulate charged particles passing through them by application of acceleration voltage and are thus used in particle accelerators and microwave vacuum tubes such as klystrons and magnetrons.