Upgrading of an Ion Accelerator for Undergraduate Use

这个项目将取代康涅狄格学院的离子加速器，并加强相关的教学活动。新的加速器将使高水平的实验物理课程恢复活力，允许基于加速器的实验被引入到二、三年级的实验室，并在介绍性物理中找到应用。加速器还将增加学生研究项目的机会，允许在更大的能量范围内进行实验，使用更多种类的光束，并开辟新的研究领域，如表面物理。最后，新的加速器将使我们能够在材料的x射线分析中与人类学和生物学进行跨学科的工作。

9451356 Monce This project will replace the ion accelerator at Connecticut College and enhance the associated instructional activities. The new accelerator will enable the revitalization of a senior-level experimental physics course, permit accelerator-based experiments to be introduced into the sophomore-junior laboratories, and find applications in introductory physics as well. The accelerator will also enhance the opportunities for student research projects by allowing experiments in a wider energy range and using a greater variety of beams, as well as opening up new areas of inquiry such as surface physics. Finally, the new accelerator will allow us to engage in interdisciplinary work with anthropology and biology in the x-ray analysis of materials.