| The Indiana University Cyclotron Facility (IUCF)
is a national scientific research center located at the far north
end of the Indiana University
campus in Bloomington,
Indiana.
Some 200 scientists, technical staff, and students from around the
world are involved in experiments at IUCF each year. While
the primary mission of the facility is basic research into the
structure of the atomic nucleus and its interactions, it serves
many other purposes as well. A number of scientific studies
have been carried out for applications in the fields of nuclear
medicine, radiation biology, high-field permanent magnets, and
telecommunications. Proton therapy has been used to treat
cancerous tumors on the head and neck while the IU Radiation
Effects Research Program (RERP)
has made beam available to NASA and industry. |
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| Through these studies, some of the
equipment to be used in satellites receives its first strenuous
tests at IUCF. Using proton irradiation of high-temperature
super-conducting materials at IUCF, scientists have created the
world's highest magnetic field for a permanent magnet. Other
fields of science, such as atomic physics, elementary particle
physics, and nuclear chemistry, have also benefited through the
use of the unique qualities of the IUCF particle beams. |
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