Two-Mile Accelerator Project. Quarterly Status Report, July 1--September 30, 1966

Technical Report · Wed Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1967

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4427259· OSTI ID:4427259

This is the eighteenth Quarterly Status Report of work under AEC Contract AT(04-3)-400 and the twelfth Quarterly Status Report of work under AEC Contract AT(04-3)-515, both held by Stanford University. Contract AT(04-3)-400 provides for the construction of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), a laboratory that will have as its chief instrument a two-mile-long linear electron accelerator. Construction of the Center began in June 1962. The principal beam parameters of the accelerator in its initial operating phase are a maximum beam energy of 20 BeV, and an average beam current of 30 microamperes (at 10% beam loading). The electron beam was first activated in May 1966. In June 1966, a beam energy of 18.4 BeV was achieved. Beam currents up to 15 microamperes have been obtained. The estimated construction cost of SLAC is $114,000,000.

• Research Organization: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC); USDOE
• NSA Number: NSA-21-023367
• OSTI ID: 4427259
• Report Number(s): SLAC--71; SLAC-R--071
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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