Abstract
iThemba means "hope for the future" in Zulu and Xhosa. Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences (LABS) is an accurate description of what we are. Our new name, officially promulgated in October 2001, is a great improvement on our old name, National Accelerator Centre (NAC). Which nation? And most non-physicists think an "accelerator," in such a context, is the pedal on the right! Our new name locates us in South Africa and identifies us with sub-atomic science. Our principal equipment consists of a K=200 Separated Sector Cyclotron (SSC, Figure 1) with two solid pole injector cyclotrons. One injector cyclotron is the workhorse for high current proton beams. The second injector cyclotron has a polarised proton ion source and an ECR source for heavy ion beams.
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
