A history of accelerators in Australia

• Published in: Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Vol. 382; no. 1; pp. 20 - 31
• Main Author: Ophel, T.R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 11.11.1996

Over a period of almost sixty years, a surprisingly diverse range of accelerator activity has occurred. The earliest involved the electrostatic machines constructed at the University of Melbourne between 1938 and 1950. The most ambitious project undertaken, a 10.6 GeV proton synchrotron at Canberra,...