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First 500 MeV Proton Beam from the TRIUMF Cyclotron
Society: IEEE Main Category: Electric Sub Category: Era: 1970-1979 DateCreated: 1974 TRIUMF Meson Facility Vancouver State: BC Zip: V6T 2A3 Country: Canada Website: http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:First_500_MeV_Proton_Beam_from_the_TRIUMF_Cyclotron,_1974 Creator:

At 3:30 pm on 15 December 1974, the first 500 MeV proton beam was extracted from the TRIUMF cyclotron. Since then, TRIUMF has used proton beams from its cyclotron (and secondary beams of pions, muons, neutrons and radioactive ions produced in its experimental halls) to conduct pioneering studies that have advanced nuclear physics, particle physics, molecular and materials science, and nuclear medicine.

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Image Credit: Courtesy IEEE Image Caption: Staff with the Lower Magnet Assembly of the TRIUMF. Era_date_from: 1974
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First 500 MeV Proton Beam from the TRIUMF Cyclotron

At 3:30 pm on 15 December 1974, the first 500 MeV proton beam was extracted from the TRIUMF cyclotron. Since then, TRIUMF has used proton beams from its cyclotron (and secondary beams of pions, muons, neutrons and radioactive ions produced in its experimental halls) to conduct pioneering studies…

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