• 4 May 2015

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Superconducting radio frequency (RF) cavities accelerate ions from low velocity to about half the speed of light. FRIB will use four different types of superconducting cavities, each optimized for a specific velocity range (β=v/c=0.041, 0.085, 0.285 and 0.53 cavities). In total, FRIB requires just over 330 individual cavities. Manufacturing of all 19 of the 0.041 cavities has been completed at the vendor and all are now in hand at FRIB, marking the significant completion of one of four types of cavity procurements.

Michigan State University (MSU) operates the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) as a user facility for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science(link is external) (DOE SC), with financial support from and furthering the mission of the DOE‑SC Office of Nuclear Physics. FRIB is registered to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, and ISO 45001.

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