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Title: ACCELERATOR DIVISION ANNUAL REPORT, JAN-DEC. 1975

Abstract

The Bevatron/Bevalac is operated, maintained, and continually improved as a national research facility for studies in nuclear science and in biology and medicine. Recent modifications have brought the 21-year-old synchrotron to the threshold of tremendously exciting new studies as the world's most powerful heavy-ion accelerator. In its Bevalac configuration, the machine capitalizes on the coupling of the SuperHILAC to the Bevatron via a 175-meter beam line. The SuperHILAC acts as an injector to provide the Bevatron with high-intensity beams of ions as heavy as argon. At the same time, the SuperHILAC is capable of delivering heavy-ion beams to its own group of experimenters through a computer-linked, time-share system of operation. Research efforts using the Bevalac have included a broad spectrum of nuclear science and cosmic-ray-simulation experiments, as well as intensive studies in biology and medicine aimed principally at diagnostic techniques and preclinical therapy studies for some forms of cancer.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
Accelerator& Fusion Research Division
OSTI Identifier:
937065
Report Number(s):
LBL-5370
TRN: US200820%%275
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
99; ACCELERATORS; ARGON; BEVALAC; BEVATRON; BIOLOGY; CONFIGURATION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS; MEDICINE; MODIFICATIONS; NEOPLASMS; SUPERHILAC; SYNCHROTRONS; THERAPY

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Lofgren, E.J. ACCELERATOR DIVISION ANNUAL REPORT, JAN-DEC. 1975. United States: N. p., 1977. Web. doi:10.2172/937065.
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title = {ACCELERATOR DIVISION ANNUAL REPORT, JAN-DEC. 1975},
author = {Lofgren, E.J.},
abstractNote = {The Bevatron/Bevalac is operated, maintained, and continually improved as a national research facility for studies in nuclear science and in biology and medicine. Recent modifications have brought the 21-year-old synchrotron to the threshold of tremendously exciting new studies as the world's most powerful heavy-ion accelerator. In its Bevalac configuration, the machine capitalizes on the coupling of the SuperHILAC to the Bevatron via a 175-meter beam line. The SuperHILAC acts as an injector to provide the Bevatron with high-intensity beams of ions as heavy as argon. At the same time, the SuperHILAC is capable of delivering heavy-ion beams to its own group of experimenters through a computer-linked, time-share system of operation. Research efforts using the Bevalac have included a broad spectrum of nuclear science and cosmic-ray-simulation experiments, as well as intensive studies in biology and medicine aimed principally at diagnostic techniques and preclinical therapy studies for some forms of cancer.},
doi = {10.2172/937065},
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year = {Thu Jan 27 00:00:00 EST 1977},
month = {Thu Jan 27 00:00:00 EST 1977}
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