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Bevalac beam transfer line

Image File

97502266

Title

Bevalac beam transfer line

Description

Underground section of the Bevalac beam transfer line emerges from the SuperHILAC to behind the Bevatron cooling towers. The surrounding flora and fauna will not be disturbed, even when the line is completed. The Bevalac link joins the SuperHilac to the Bevatron, allowing the accelerators to work together in a tandem mode known as the Bevalac. The Bevalac began operation on August 1, 1974, and for a long time was the most powerful heavy ion accelerator in the world. In the Bevalac, the Bevatron was linked to the SuperHILAC linear accelerator. Nuclei began their journey in the SuperHILAC and then were passed through a transfer line to the Bevatron, where they were accelerated almost to the speed of light. With the later addition of an improved vacuum system and other modifications, the Bevalac became the only machine the world capable of accelerating all of the elements of the periodic table to relativistic energies. The Bevalac finally ceased operations on February 21, 1993. - JG

Citation Caption

Magnet, Vol.17, No.8, August 1973

Date

1973

TEID Doc ID

XBD9705-02266.TIF