Applications of HIRFL heavy ion accelerator surveyed
Abstract
China had a late start in the research of heavy ion physics, partly due to the lack of a suitable accelerator. In 1970 the Modern Physics Institute converted an ordinary 1.5m light particle accelerator into a heavy ion accelerator. A series of nuclear physics and nuclear chemistry studies using accelerated carbon, nitrogen and oxygen has led to encouraging results and filled the void in this area. However, this 1950 vintage accelerator is far from adequate. In 1973 a proposal was submitted for the construction of a new accelerator, an evaluation meeting was held in 1974, and in November 1976, the State officially granted the permission to build a heavy ion accelerator in Lanzhou. Today, the earth work construction has been essentially completed and components are being fabricated and tested for an opening date in 1l88. This accelerator will provide the esearch and application of heavy ion physics with an advanced facility and will become China's own heavy ion physics research center.
- Publication:
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China Rept Sci Technol JPRS CST
- Pub Date:
- January 1986
- Bibcode:
- 1986ChRST.......51W
- Keywords:
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- Heavy Ions;
- Particle Accelerators;
- Technology Utilization;
- Angular Momentum;
- Ion Beams;
- Ionic Reactions;
- Nuclear Fusion;
- Nuclear Structure;
- Research Facilities;
- Nuclear and High-Energy Physics