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Up from nothing : the Michigan State University Cyclotron Laboratory
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- Creator
- Sam M. Austin ; foreword by Lou Anna K. Simon (President, Michigan State University)
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- [East Lansing, Michigan] : Michigan State University, [2015]
- ©2015
- Physical Details
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- xxi, 298 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 0996725229, 9780996725217, 9780996725200, 0996725210, 9780996725224, 0996725202
- OCLC
- ocn933515879, ocn924713080, ocn947222481
- Cover illustration of the K1200 cyclotron interior.
- Designed and typeset by Charlie Sharp, Sharp Designs, Lansing, MI.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-293).
- Foreword -- About the author -- Glossary -- Chapter 1. FRIB: the improbable adventure -- Chapter 2. The opportunity and the will -- Chapter 3. The MSU physics strategy, 1955-62 -- Chapter 4. Building the cyclotron laboratory, 1963-65 -- Chapter 5. Cyclotron laboratory research -- Chapter 6. The K50 era, 1965-79 -- Chapter 7. The K50: its golden years, 1970-79-- Chapter 8. Beginning of the superconducting era -- Chapter 9. The midwestern collaboration -- Chapter 10. The NSAC process and phase II -- Chapter 11. Making it all work -- Chapter 12. The K500 experimental program -- Chapter 13. The phase II project -- Chapter 14. The next step: coupled cyclotrons again -- Chapter 15. The next big thing -- Chapter 16. The RIA/FRIB competition: Argonne and NSCL/MSU -- Chapter 17. Looking back: building upon increasing strength -- Chapter 18. Looking forward: What's in it for us--the nation and society? --Appendices -- Notes -- Notes on sources -- Thanks and appreciation