LBL Accelerator and Fusion Research Division Bevalac logbooks of Emery Zajec,
1952-1992
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. Accelerator and Fusion Research Division.
Size of collection
11 linear feet
11 records boxes
Short description of collection
These logbooks document the operation of the Bevatron (Bevalac).
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
LBL-ARO-97
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).
The Bevatron was the largest, highest energy accelerator in the world from 1954-1956 and continued to operate until 1993 (joined to the SuperHILAC from 1971-1993, also known as Bevalac). It was used to discover the antiproton and the antineutron and many other subnuclear particles. The Bevatron could accelerate protons to energies of 6.5 GeV and made possible the creation of antiprotons, a discovery that earned Owen Chamberlain and Emilio Segre the Nobel Prize in 1955.
These logbooks document the operation of the Bevatron (Bevalac). The records include injector logs for the linear accelerator Linac II and the 50Mev injectors, ion source logs and tests, and data. The records focus on intensity, type, and duration of the generated proton beams.
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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
Zajec, Emery
Institutions
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. Accelerator and Fusion Research Division.
Subject terms
Bevatron.
Ion sources.
Linear accelerators.
Proton beams.
Genre terms
Logbooks.
Title
Finding Aid to the LBL Accelerator and Fusion Research Division Bevalac logbooks of Emery Zajec, 1952-1992
Publisher
American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org
2014
Encoding Information
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Mueller in 2014. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.
| Box 1 |
Folder 1 |
Bevatron LINAC II Logbook #1 May 22 to July 17, 1962, undated |
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Folder 2 |
Bevatron LINAC II Logbook #2 July 18 to Aug. 31, 1962, undated |
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Folder 3 |
Bevatron LINAC II Logbook #3 Aug. 31 to Sept.. 11, 1962, undated |
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Folder 4 |
Bevatron LINAC II Logbook #4 Sept. 10 to Dec. 14, 1962, undated |
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Folder 5 |
Bevatron LINAC II Logbook #5 Dec. 14 to Jan. 31, 1963, undated |
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Folder 6 |
Bevatron LINAC II Logbook #6 Jan. 31 to March 22, 1963, undated |
| Box 2 |
Folder 1 |
Bevatron LINAC II Logbook #7 March 22 to May 28, 1963, undated |
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Folder 2 |
Log #8 May to Sept. 1963, undated |
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Folder 3 |
Log #9 Sept. 21, 1963 to March 18, 1964, undated |
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Folder 4 |
Log #9B March 20 to April 3, 1964, undated |
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Folder 5 |
Log #10 April 3 to June 1, 1964, undated |
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Folder 6 |
Log #11 June 2 to Aug 2, 1964, undated |
| Box 3 |
Folder 1 |
Log #12 Aug. 2 to Oct. 20, 1964, undated |
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Folder 2 |
BEV Record #13 Oct. 20, 1964 to Feb. 3, 1965, undated |
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Folder 3 |
Log #14 Feb. 4 to June 17, 1965, undated |
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Folder 4 |
Log #15 June 1965 to Dec. 1965, undated |
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Folder 5 |
Injector Log #16 Dec. 16, 1965 to Oct. 2, 1966, undated |
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Folder 6 |
Injector Log #17 Oct. 3, 1966 to Sept. 23, 1968, undated |
| Box 4 |
Folder 1 |
1968 - 1971, undated |
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Folder 2 |
1971 - 1972, undated |
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Folder 3 |
1972 - 1974, undated |
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Folder 4 |
April, 1974 thru Jan 15., 1976, undated |
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Folder 5 |
1976 - 1979, undated |
| Box 5 |
Folder 1 |
10/1979 - 3/1983, undated |
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Folder 2 |
4/1983 - 7/1984, undated |
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Folder 3 |
Data Log 1, undated |
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Folder 4 |
Data Log 2, undated |
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Folder 5 |
LINAC Log. MARK II, undated |
| Box 6 |
Folder 1 |
Aug 1952 - Oct 1953 [Bevatron LINAC], undated |
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Folder 2 |
March - May 1953 [Bevatron Ion Source Tests], undated |
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Folder 3 |
Nov 1958 - Sept. 1960 [Bevatron Ion Source Changes], undated |
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Folder 4 |
Untitled 10/1960 - 2/1962 [Beam Analysis], undated |
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Folder 5 |
Untitled 8/1961 - 5/1962 [LINAC Tank, Beams, Divider Tests, Ion Gun], undated |
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Folder 6 |
8/1963 - 7/1965 Ion Source Tests, undated |
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Folder 7 |
Untitled 12/1965 - 2/1966 [Gain, FET, IM1-3, Transducers], undated |
| Box 7 |
Folder 1 |
Magnetic Optics 2, undated |
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Folder 2 |
50 MEV Injector, undated |
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Folder 3 |
Untitled 3/1976 - 10/1980 [Drift Studies, Aperture Adjustments], undated |
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Folder 4 |
Untitled 5/1977 - 4/1978 [Systems Tests: 13 Hole Source, Single Aperture, 9 Hole Source, Single Hole Source, MK II One Hole Source, MARK II 9 Hole Source, MK II 13 Hole Source], undated |
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Folder 5 |
K. C. Crebbin Data Notebook 11/1964 - 12/1966, undated |
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Folder 6 |
K. C. Crebbin Data Notebook 9/1967 - 4/1971, undated |
| Box 8 |
Folder 1 |
BEV Ion Gun & LINAC Log # Oct. 1955 to Apr. 1956, undated |
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Folder 2 |
April 1956 - Sept. 1956, undated |
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Folder 3 |
Sept. 1956 - April 1957, undated |
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Folder 4 |
Apr. - Oct. 1957, undated |
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Folder 5 |
Oct 1957 - Apr 1958, undated |
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Folder 6 |
Apr. - Nov. 1958, undated |
| Box 9 |
Folder 1 |
Ion Sources, undated |
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Folder 2 |
Oct. 1953 - May 1954, undated |
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Folder 3 |
June - Oct. 1954, undated |
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Folder 4 |
Nov. 1954 - Apr. 1955, undated |
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Folder 5 |
Apr. - Oct. 1955, undated |
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Folder 6 |
Bevatron Injector Log, Sept. 16, 1960, undated |
| Box 10 |
Folder 1 |
Bevatron Ion Source Test Operation, undated |
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Folder 2 |
Bevatron Vacuum Improvement 1978 - 1980, undated |
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Folder 3 |
Bevatron Upgrade 1986, undated |
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Folder 4 |
Injector PDP-5 Test Programs - Operating Instructions, 1966, undated |
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Folder 5 |
Bevatron Injector II Drift Tube Alignment Data Sheets 1962, 1 of 2, undated |
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Folder 6 |
Bevatron Injector II Drift Tube Alignment Data Sheets 1962, 2 of 2, undated |
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Folder 7 |
Bevatron Vacuum Improvement 1980 - 1981, undated |
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Folder 8 |
Bevatron External Proton Beam Magnet Notes and Test Data 1961 - 1977, undated |
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Folder 9 |
Phase Oscillations Injection 1963 - 1964, undated |
| Box 11 |
Folder 1 |
Bevatron SUPERHILAC OPS 1981 - 83, undated |
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Folder 2 |
Injector Studies 1972, undated |
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Folder 3 |
Meuser 1961, undated |
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Folder 4 |
Ion Optics Periodic Fields, undated |
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Folder 5 |
Ion Source Drawings 1958 - 1959, undated |
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Folder 6 |
Injector No. 2 Pumping Manifold, undated |
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Folder 7 |
Test Stand Logbook #1 PIG and VON - Ardenne Source, undated |
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Folder 8 |
Test Stand R. Allison, undated |
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Folder 9 |
Ion Source Log #3 31 Dec. 58 - 7 July 59, undated |
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Folder 10 |
Ion Source Log #2 13 Sept. 58 to 31 Dec. 58, undated |
