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linear accelerator portion of injector for Bevalac

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97502268

Title

linear accelerator portion of injector for Bevalac

Description

Completely assembled liner accelerator portion of the 50 MeV injector is 110 feet long. 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, p. 6

Date

6/73

TEID Doc ID

XBD9705-02268.TIF