California Institute of Technology. Synchrotron Laboratory.
CalTech Synchrotron Laboratory records, 1949-1970.
Proposals, technical notes, reports, correspondence, specifications, reprints and photos; materials relating to the Atomic Energy Commission; materials on the Rochester Conferences on Ultrahigh Energy Accelerators (1952, 1955, 1956, 1960); plus other conferences and organizations.
The synchrotron was a new type of electron accelerator, succeeding the cyclotron by extending its voltage range. The Caltech Synchrotron, at one-billion volts (1 BeV), was the most powerful machine of its type ever built. Professor Robert L. Walker was in charge of the design, construction and eventual operation. In preliminary use in 1950; modified to increase energy level to 1.5 BeV by 1961. Operation ended in February 1970.
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Rochester Conference on Ultrahigh Energy Accelerators, 1952.
Rochester Conference on Ultrahigh Energy Accelerators, 1955.
Rochester Conference on Ultrahigh Energy Accelerators, 1956.
Rochester Conference on Ultrahigh Energy Accelerators, 1960.
Particle accelerators -- United States -- California.
Proton accelerators -- Research.
Synchrotrons -- United States -- California.
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