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About the Collider-Accelerator Department
The mission of the Collider-Accelerator Department is to develop, improve and operate the suite
of particle / heavy ion accelerators used to carry out the program of
accelerator-based experiments at BNL; to support the experimental program
including design, construction and operation of the beam transports to the
experiments plus support of detector and research needs of the experiments;
to design and construct new accelerator facilities in support of the BNL and
national missions. The C-A Department supports an international user
community of over 1500 scientists. The department performs all these
functions in an environmentally responsible and safe manner under a rigorous
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Machines
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Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
An accelerator in which two beams of ions or polarized
protons are brought into collision, in as many as six
locations, in order to study the state of matter formed
in the first microseconds of the Universe and to study
the spin structure of the proton.
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Alternating Gradient Synchrotron
The AGS is the final stage of the accelerator injector
chain which accepts beam from the Booster and then
accelerates ions and polarized protons to the minimum
RHIC energy. The AGS then injects the beam into the two
accelerator rings that comprise RHIC.
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Booster Accelerator
The Booster accepts ions from the Tandem Van de Graaffs
and protons from the LINAC, which then accelerates the
beam to the minimum AGS energy before injecting the beam
into the AGS. The Booster supplies beam to the NASA
Space Radiation Laboratory (NSRL).
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Tandem Van de Graaff
The Tandem Van de Graaff electrostatic accelerators are
the sources of ions for the RHIC accelerator injector
chain, starting with the Booster. Also used to supply
ions for radiation testing of electronic components and
for manufacturing of industrial items.
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LINAC
A linear accelerator, fed by two smaller accelerators,
supplies beams of protons and polarized protons for the
RHIC injector system, the Booster for NSRL, and the
production of medical isotopes at the Brookhaven Linac
Isotope Producer (BLIP) facility.
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Environment, Safety & Health Training
Environment, Safety & Health Training
Environment, Safety & Health Training
