IUCF Timeline
- Sept. 15, 1938 – Construction begins on first cyclotron with funding from Indiana University.
- April 10, 1941 – First cyclotron goes into operation with internal targets (IU President Herman Wells brings champagne to Control Room). [picture]
- June 26, 1965 – First proposal for new cyclotron, received initial design funds from Indiana University.
- Dec. 20, 1966 – IU receives NSF grant for full design study of New Cyclotron.
- Feb. 6, 1968 – Original IU cyclotron shuts down after 27 years of operation.
- May 31, 1968 – Final approval for construction of a new 200-MeV, separated sector cyclotron and building ($4.6 M from NSF, $3.93M from IU).
- Sept. 12, 1969 – New accelerator building construction begins.
- March 31, 1971 – Martin Rickey, chief designer of IUCF Separated Sector Cyclotrons, appointed Director of IUCF (1971-1972). [picture]
- May 27, 1971 – Beneficial occupancy of present IUCF building granted.
- May 18, 1972 – 0.25 nA accelerated to full radius in injector cyclotron.
- Oct. 15, 1972 – Robert E. Pollock becomes second Director of IUCF (1972-1979).
- August 2, 1973 – Assembly of last main stage cyclotron magnet completed.
- Oct. 15, 1974 – First extracted beam from injector cyclotron. [picture]
- Oct. 3, 1975 – First experimental spectrum in QDDM spectrograph.
- April 23, 1976 – Formal dedication of IU Cyclotron Facility.
- Oct. 20, 1977 – New ion source terminal (Terminal A) to full voltage.
- Oct. 12, 1978 – First polarized beam delivered to the 64-inch scattering chamber, 40 nA at 60 MeV.
- Feb. 2, 1979 – First (p,n) experiment using beam swinger and neutron time of flight facility.
- Nov. 1, 1979 – Paul Singh and Dan Miller become Co-Directors of IUCF (1979-1986). [picture]
- May, 1, 1980 – First (p, π-) asymmetry measurements in the world.
- Jan. 18, 1982 – Terminal A Polarized Source Fire.
- March 19, 1982 – Dedication of Nuclear Theory Center.
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April 27, 1982 – Charles Goodman awarded Bonner Prize “for his persistent and innovative efforts in the study of (p,n) reactions which adds a new quantitative dimension to nuclear structure.” [picture]
- Sept. 2, 1982 – First neutron beam produced at IUCF by PNF.
- Jan. 19, 1983 – Final NSF and State approval for Cooler ring and building.
- Dec. 15, 1983 – Initial CSB (charge symmetry breaking) experiment test run.
- May 1, 1985 – Beneficial occupancy of Cooler building addition granted.
- July 11, 1986 – First beam to K600 spectrometer and first demonstration of beam splitting (multi-room beam operations) from IU Cyclotrons.
- Sept. 1, 1986 – Vic Viola becomes Director (1986-1987). [picture]
- Sept. 1, 1987 – John Cameron becomes Director (1987-2004). [picture]
- April 16, 1988 – First demonstration of electron beam cooling in IUCF Cooler Ring.
- April 17, 1988 – Cooled beam on internal gas target in Cooler Ring, first time in world.
- July 15, 1988 – K600 focal-plane polarimeter in use.
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May 17, 1989 – First observation of stable horizontal polarization using first Siberian snake in world. [picture]
- Oct. 27, 1989 – First experiment in world producing reaction particles from internal target using cooled beam.
- Oct. 10, 1991 – started building addition for HIPIOS (High Intensity Polarized IOn Source). [picture]
- April 22, 1992 – R.E. Pollock shares Bonner Prize with Henry Blosser of Michigan State University "for pioneering development of innovative accelerator configurations which have allowed new levels of precision and flexibility for nuclear physics research." [picture]
- Aug. 3, 1993 – First Cancer Patient Treated in Gamma Room with 127-MeV protons from the IUCF Cyclotron. A special Investigational Device Exemption from the FDA was obtained for this treatment. (Brain Tumor)
- April 7, 1994 – First injection of HIPIOS beam into Cooler ring.
- Aug. 15, 1994 – Cooler Injector Synchrotron construction funding received from NSF Academic Infrastructure Program ($2.0M from NSF + $1.5M from IU). CIS Construction begins.
- Nov. 11, 1997 – Local Nuclear Physics group joins STAR Collaboration.
- July, 1998 – AMD Proton Therapy Treatment Facility completed. Age Related Macular Degeneration Eye studies begin.
- Sept. 30, 1998 – NSF Funding for Cyclotrons terminated. Cyclotron operations continue with funding from Macular Degeneration Studies in AMD facility and Radiation Effects Research (RERP).
- Dec. 12, 1998 – Beam from CIS injected and accumulated in the Cooler for first time (150 MeV P, 1 mA). First experimental User begins research run. [picture]
- July 13, 1999 – Endcap Electromagnetic Calorimeter for STAR funded.
- July 6, 2000 – Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute construction funds released ($10M). MPRI Phase I construction begins.
- July 29, 2002 – CIS-Cooler Operations Terminated. Last Cooler Experiment (dd -> απ°) completed.
- Nov. 1, 2002 – First half of Endcap Electromagnetic Calorimeter installed on STAR poletip. [picture]
- July 16, 2003 – First use of new dedicated RERP facility for Radiation Effects Research.
- Sept. 1, 2003 – Low Energy Neutron Source (LENS) Proposal approved by NSF for $6.4M.
- Dec. 12, 2003 – MPRI Clinic Facilities Dedication.
- Feb. 17, 2004 – MPRI Clinic Treats first patient using Large Field Line in Treatment Room 1.
- July, 2004 – Funding approval received from Indiana 21st Century Research and Technology Fund for LENS.
- Aug. 1, 2004 – Paul Sokol becomes Director (2004-2007).
- Dec. 15, 2004 – LENS produces 1st neutron beam, 7 MeV protons with a peak current of 4.5 mA at a repetition rate of 4 Hz.
