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first beam at 88-inch cyclotron

Image File

97502166

Title

first beam at 88-inch cyclotron

Description

Pleased smiles break out on the faces of (l. to r.) Bob Smith, Hans Willax, and Elmer Kelly during the 88-inch cyclotron's trial run on December 12, 1961. The 88-inch cyclotron is a variable energy, spiral- ridge machine of the sector-focused type. Such machines maintain very high beam intensities and fairly high beam energies. The design and construction of the 88-inch cyclotron was led by physicist Elmer Kelly and engineer Richard Burleigh. The experimental program at the 88-inch includes studies of nuclear reaction mechanisms, scattering and absorption of beam particles, and production of many radioactive and stable isotopes.

Citation Caption

Magnet, Vol. 6, No. 1, January 1962

Date

1962

People

Bob Smith, Hans Willax, Elmer Kelly

TEID Doc ID

XBD9705-02166.TIF