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Series I: Group A logbooksLawrence Berkeley Laboratory Physics Division Group A (Louis Alvarez Group) logbooks, Undated
Description of Collection
Repository
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Archives and Records Office
1 Cyclotron Rd. MS: 69R0102
Berkeley, California 94720
USA
https://commons.lbl.gov/display/aro/Archives+and+Records
aro@lbl.gov
Papers created by
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. Physics Division
Size of collection
2.5 linear feet
2 records box(s)
Short description of collection
These records document the individual research and development logbooks of the Data Reduction Development Group and its successor, Group A (Luis Alvarez Group) of the Physics Division of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL).
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
ARO-1063
Historical Note
The laboratory was founded as the University of California Radiation Laboratory in 1931 by Ernest Orlando Lawrence, a University of California Berkeley physicist who won the 1939 Nobel Prize in physics for his invention of the cyclotron, a circular particle accelerator that opened the door to high-energy physics. It is a United States Department of Energy National Laboratory, operated by the University of California. The name of the laboratory has evolved since its founding: Lawrence Radiation Laboratory (1931-1958), the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (1959-1995), and currently the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (1995-present).
Scope and Contents of Collection
These records document the individual research and development logbooks of the Data Reduction Development Group and its successor, Group A (Luis Alvarez Group) of the Physics Division of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL). The logbooks contain operational information, engineering notes, polaroids of projects, project schedules and progress notes, charts, and diagrams. The logbooks contain data and notes on the following projects: scanning measuring projector, liquid argon multiwire, rubber telescope mirror, superconducting magnet, time projection chamber, and focus tracking granite microscope. Luis Alvarez and his group made discoveries with the liquid hydrogen bubble chamber which won him the Noble Prize in Physics in 1968.
Restrictions on Use and Access
This collection requires permission for access. Please contact the repository for more information, via email at aro@lbl.gov.
Selected Search Terms
These papers have been indexed in the International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences (ICOS) using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
Persons
Institutions
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. Physics Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
Subject terms
Argon.
Bubble chambers.
Liquid hydrogen.
Reflecting telescopes.
Superconductors.
Time projection chambers (Nuclear physics)
Genre terms
Administrative Information
Title
Finding Aid to the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Physics Division Group A (Louis Alvarez Group) logbooks, 1961-1989
Publisher
American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org
2012
Encoding Information
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Mueller in 2012. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.
Series I: Group A logbooks
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | SMP-I prints (Scanning Measuring Projector) - Loren Yasolino engineering notes, April 1961 - September 1961 |
| Folder 2 | Bob Flagg, First PET Scanner But Based on Liquid Argon Detectors, November 1972 - January 1973 |
| Folder 3 | 1 Meter Multiwire Proportional Chambers, Logbook 1, Norman Anderson, May 25, 1972 |
| Folder 4 | Cylindrical Multiwire Chambers, Norman Anderson, November 29, 1973 |
| Folder 5 | Rubber [Mirror] Telescope, 1974-1977 |
| Folder 6 | Lynn Andrews [Current Leads Superconducting Magnet], 1980 |
| Folder 7 | George Gibson, 1980-1986 |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 | 10" Bubble Chamber K Run Crew Schedule, undated |
| Folder 2 | SP IV A, Bubble Chamber Projectors, Focus Tracking, Granite Microscope, Engineering Notes, 1960-1968 |
| Folder 3 | Rubber Mirror Logbook, November 20, 1973 - October 31, 1974 |
| Folder 4 | Robbie Smits, Engineering Data, June 1974 |
| Folder 5 | TPC and Superconducting Magnet, No.7, 1972-1983 |
| Folder 6 | TPC and Superconducting Magnet, No. 8, May 1983 - June 1984 |
| Folder 7 | TCP and Superconducting Magnet, No. 9, July 1984 - August 1985 |
| Folder 8 | TCP, Astrophysics, No. 10, 1985-1986 |
| Folder 9 | High Voltage Breakdown in Liquid Argon, Robbie, No. 11, May 1, 1986 |
| Folder 10 | D0, No. 12, November 1985 - April 30, 1987 |
| Folder 11 | R. Smits, No. 13, 1987 - December 5, 1989 |