Talk:National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory

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• WE need rebuild this page, Any Good Ideas about sections to have in this page? Max 09:39, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The history of the lab is perfunctory and not quite correct. 1963 was the establishment of the MSU Cyclotron Laboratory. The lab was renamed the NSCL when NSF awarded a grant to replace the K50 cyclotron with a newly constructed K500 and later K1200 which were later coupled. I don't recall the year that NSCL was renamed, though Sam A. should. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 35.9.58.63 (talk) 17:20, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

For starters, how about listing the experiments housed at NSCL? --Eric

Perhaps an explaination of what NSCL is right now instead of the proposed upgrade? How about something about housing the only coupled cyclotrons in the world? Maybe something about the A1900 line? --Eric

Hi, just stumbled in here ... how does this compare with the Large Hadron Collider being completed in Europe at the moment? Also, shouldn't the intro to this article refer back to the article on Particle Accelarators? I've put the link in to Cyclotron LookingGlass (talk) 06:04, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have also asked for a citation for the claim that this is the largest of its kind in the world. The article here on Particle accelerators does not appear to agree with the statement here. LookingGlass (talk) 06:11, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't really compare it's a different field of physics. As far as "largest of its kind..." well the article says largest hosted by a university. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 35.9.58.63 (talk) 17:21, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The key word here is "Continuous Beam". The LHC, to name one example, is a pulsed instrument - it accelerates particles in bunches, rather than as a continuous stream of particles. Now, I'm not sure the information in the article is current anymore - there are cyclotrons in Germany and Japan that have likely exceeded NSCL at this point. But that's the relevant qualifier. PianoDan (talk) 20:07, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The article makes it sound like the NSCL is no longer in operation but never explains this or provides a source for it. I couldn't find anything about it closing online but thought because I might be missing something so I should ask here first before completely changing the article.

75.133.17.32 (talk) 01:25, 24 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

i live in the area and my dad went to school at MSU and it still operational and still used, so the was seems to be incorrect,my source is my father as well as the no mention of closure 76.250.56.55 (talk) 17:34, 4 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Update it did indeed close but only recently in 2022

76.250.56.55 (talk) 17:36, 4 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]