RARAF Accelerator Replacement History of RARAF Van de Graaff Removal of Van de Graaff Placement and assembly of Singletron Comparison of accelerators Timeline for installation
RARAF Accelerator Replacement Van de Graaff at Brookhaven National Laboratory 1949
RARAF Accelerator Replacement CosmotronCosmotron injector
RARAF Accelerator Replacement Van de Graaff at BNL before move to Nevis
RARAF Accelerator Replacement Van de Graaff stored at Nevis and being positioned
RARAF Accelerator Replacement Nevis 200 MeV cyclotron partially disassembled and being entombed
RARAF Accelerator Replacement Van de Graaff before removal
RARAF Accelerator Replacement Removing charging belt (June 13)
RARAF Accelerator Replacement
Removal of acceleration tube
RARAF Accelerator Replacement Terminal, acceleration tube and column removed
RARAF Accelerator Replacement Baseplate with column and drive motor removed
RARAF Accelerator Replacement Making opening in rear wall
RARAF Accelerator Replacement Van de Graaff tank being removed from building (August 2)
RARAF Accelerator Replacement
Removal of baseplate
RARAF Accelerator Replacement
Accelerator tank leaving Nevis
RARAF Accelerator Replacement Interior parts of the Van de Graaff being taken away by Robert Krawchuk
RARAF Accelerator Replacement Arrival of Singletron at RARAF (August 10)
RARAF Accelerator Replacement
Installation of baseplate and resonant coil tank
RARAF Accelerator Replacement HV power supply & resonator coil Singletron, baseplate & quadrupole
RARAF Accelerator Replacement Interior of SingletronTerminal with shell removed
RARAF Accelerator Replacement ParameterVan de GraaffSingletron Terminal Voltage (MV) Ripple (V)~ Proton current (μA)> (100) He current (μA)?125 Charging systemBeltInduction Note: Lower x-ray radiation in Singletron due to spiral acceleration tube design Accelerator comparison
RARAF Accelerator Replacement Principle of operation of a Pelletron or Van de Graaff
RARAF Accelerator Replacement Singletron resonant coil interior Interior of tank with Dees
RARAF Accelerator Replacement Electrodes & diode stacks with spark gaps
RARAF Accelerator Replacement RF ion source
RARAF Accelerator Replacement TASKFromTo Mechanical installation (positioning, anchoring rails, etc.)9/2010/4 Wiring, water, ion source, function tests10/510/7 Accelerator checks (open air)10/1010/14 INSTALLATION BREAK (1st 4 weeks over)10/1710/24 Tank filling and conditioning for voltage10/2511/2 HV test/ radiation check11/311/4 Beam tests11/711/11 Specification: voltage, stability, beam current11/1411/18 INSTALLATION BREAK (2nd 4 weeks over)11/2111/28 Return if necessary11/29 Timeline for Singletron installation
RARAF Accelerator Replacement RARAF Staff Gerhard Randers-Pehrson Alan Bigelow Guy Garty Greg Ross Giusseppe Schettino HVEE staff Arnoud Terpstra Robert Honee