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Bevalac produces first beams, Hermann Grunder

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97502269

Title

Bevalac produces first beams, Hermann Grunder

Description

At 2:55 a.m., August 1, 1974 the most powerful heavy ion accelerator in the world was born at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. Called the Bevalac, the machine is a combination of two existing accelerators at the Laboratory, the SuperHILAC and the Bevatron. A jubilant Hermann Grunder, physicist, celebrates for a job well done. 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.18, Nos.7-8, July-August 1974

Date

8/74

People

Hermann Grunder

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XBD9705-02269.TIF