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College Station, TX. , U.S.A. 



CYCLOTRON INSTITUTE 

 Texas A&M University 

 U.S. Dept. of Energy 



"Big Science" Descriptor ; Nuclear physics 



Description of Facility/ Instrument ; This Is a sector-focusing, vari- 

 able energy cyclotron capable of accelerating protons to energies 

 as high as 55 million electron volts (MeV), deuterons to 65 MeV, 

 and ^He and alpha particles to 130 MeV. Intense beams of polar- 

 ized protons and deuterons can be generated. A broad-based pro- 

 gram In basic and applied science Is carried out at the Cyclotron 

 Institute. With $7.25 million added by the State of Texas and 

 the Welch Foundation In 1982, a K=500 superconducting cyclotron 

 Is being added as an Injector to the existing cyclotron. The com- 

 pleted facility Is expected to provide beams of 160 MeV deuterons 

 and 320 MeV alpha particles and heavy Ion beams up to 60 MeV/AMU 

 for nuclei less than 20 AMU; up to 40 MeV/AMU for nuclei In the 

 20 to 40 AMU range; and up to 8 MeV/AMU for nuclei as massive as 

 136 AMU. The construction period Is 1981 to 1986. 



Date of Construction ; 1964-67 



Construction Cost ; 1984 $$ : $28 million (estimated replacement 

 cost plus superconducting cyclotron cost) 



Present International Cooperation 



Natlonallty(s) of Ownership : U.S. 



Natlonallty(s) of Operational Funding ; U.S. 



Natlonallty(s) of Management Staff ; U.S. 



Natlonallty(s) of Researchers ; U.S., Canada, France, the Federal 

 Republic of Germany, Japan, Poland, Chile, Mexico, Italy, 

 Hungary, Australia, Iran, the Philippines, India, the 

 People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Sweden, and Syria 



More than 95 percent of researchers working at DOE nu- 

 clear physics accelerators are from U.S. Institutions. On 

 approximately equal and reciprocal bases, U.S. nuclear sci- 

 entists use foreign facilities. 



There Is a formal exchange agreement with Japan and an 

 extensive collaboration with CNRS, France. 



Potential for Future International Cooperation : This facility Is 

 dedicated to the educational use of Texas A&M University. 



