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The Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory was built with office of Naval Research funds between 1946 and 1949 to replace an earlier, lower energy, cyclotron that was sent to
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The cyclotron during construction in 1948. Shown are Dr. Lee Davenport (L) and Dr. Norman Ramsay (R).
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operated from 1949 to 2002. It was most notable for its contributions to the development of
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From 1961 to 2002, a proton accelerator used for research and development
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Gottschalk, B.; A M Koehler; J M Sisterson; M S Wagner (Jan 1999).
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The control panel of the Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory circa 1950
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was largely developed at this facility in collaboration with
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The control panel of the Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory in 1989
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Newhauser, W. D.; J. Burns; A. R. Smith (September 2002).
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Medical and health organizations based in Massachusetts
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proton therapy
Los Alamos
Manhattan Project
physics
particle physics
activation analysis
radiobiology
solid state physics

particle accelerators
external beam radiotherapy
Massachusetts General Hospital

List of accelerators in particle physics
"Synchrocyclotron survivor to bow out after 50 years"
Richard Wilson
"Book Review: A Brief History of the Harvard University Cyclotrons"
American Journal of Roentgenology
American Roentgen Ray Society
doi
10.2214/ajr.183.6.01831558


"The Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory"
"Proton Beam Neurosurgery: Neurosurgical Service"
"Dosimetry for ocular proton beam therapy at the Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory based on the ICRU Report 59"
American Association of Physicists in Medicine
doi
10.1118/1.1487425

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