Accelerator Building
| Title | Accelerator Building |
| View | Drawing: Cyclotron 1 |
| Series | II: Buildings and Grounds |
| Description | New installation at the University of Chicago permits nuclear physics and biological experiments that were previously impossible. A beam of high-energy protons drawn from the heart of a powerful atom smasher is directed to remote experimental areas. The drawing (photograph copy) is of the university's 450 million-electron volt Synchrocyclotron in its Accelerator Building pit. Sandwiched between disk-shaped coils is a flat, nine-foot square vacuum chamber in which protons whirl at high speeds. Protons shot out of the front of this chamber are formed into a beam by the cylindrical magnet (lower left). |
| Subject Terms | Particle accelerators | Research institutes | Drawings (Visual works) |
| Photographer | Institute for the Study of Metals |
| Photograph Date | 1957-12-12 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 20.5 x 25.2 cm |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf2-00125 |
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