Renovation of the Nuclear Physics Lab

核物理实验室改造

• 批准号: 9214358
• 负责人: Ana Guzman
• 金额: $ 102.87万
• 依托单位: University of Pittsburgh
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-07-15 至 1995-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9214358&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Renovation; Nuclear; Physics; Lab

9214358 Guzman The University of Pittsburgh's Department of Physics and Astronomy requests funds to renovate and upgrade the Nuclear Physics Laboratory (NPL) into a modernized facility that will support high, intermediate, and nuclear energy, and solid state physics. The present facility, constructed in 1964, houses a three-stage Van de Graaff accelerator that has not been in operation since 1989. With the termination of the Van de Graaff program, approximately 50% of the facility has been used by 50% of the research faculty. Though underutilized and in need of renovation, the Nuclear Physics Laboratory has basic utilities and special features that make it ideal for a modernized laboratory. Research programs, currently located in Allen Hall, a substandard and overcrowded building, will be moved to the NPL once renovations are completed. In addition to refurbishing laboratory space, renovations will include the removal of the Van de Graaff accelerators and two large magnets, chemical and radioactive decontamination, and the installation of additional chemical handling facilities. Clean room facilities, necessary for the development of silicon detectors and for wire chamber development, will be installed. The renovations will provide functional laboratory space that will enhance interaction among faculty, quality research training for students, and the ability to conduct experimental projects that are too large or demanding of existing facilities.

9214358古兹曼匹兹堡大学物理和天文学系申请资金，将核物理实验室(NPL)翻新和升级为现代化设施，支持高级、中级、核能和固态物理。目前的设施建于1964年，配备了一个三级范德格拉夫加速器，该加速器自1989年以来一直没有投入使用。随着Van de Graaff项目的终止，大约50%的设施被50%的研究人员使用。尽管核物理实验室没有得到充分利用，需要翻新，但它拥有基本的公用设施和特殊功能，这使它成为现代化实验室的理想之选。研究项目目前位于艾伦大厅，这是一座不符合标准且过于拥挤的建筑，一旦翻修完成，将被转移到NPL。除了整修实验室空间外，翻修还将包括拆除Van de Graaff加速器和两个大型磁铁、化学和放射性去污，以及安装更多的化学处理设施。将安装开发硅探测器和开发线路室所需的洁净室设施。翻新将提供功能齐全的实验室空间，加强教职员工之间的互动，为学生提供高质量的研究培训，以及开展过大或对现有设施要求较高的实验项目的能力。