SC Structure & Documents

SC Group
1952 to 1954

SC Division
1955 to 1960

MSC Division
1961 to 1975

PS Division
CD & COP Groups
1976 to 1989

 1952 - 1960

In 1952 Professor C. Bakker became Leader of the group responsible for the design and construction of the CERN Synchro-Cyclotron (SC). The design of the original Synchro-Cyclotron machine with a circumference of 15.7 metres started in 1953, before CERN came into existence. Building and construction for the machine began in 1954 on the site at Meyrin and the objective was an accelerator producing protons of 600 MeV energy with an average beam intensity of 1mA. The first beams were accelerated in the SC machine in August 1957. The experimental programme began in April 1958.

In 1961 the SC division, renamed the Synchro-Cyclotron Machine (MSC).

In 1976 the MSC and MPS (Machine Proton Synchrotron) Divisions were amalgamated to form the Proton Synchrotron (PS) Division. The Cyclotron Development (CD) and Cyclotron Operation (COP) groups moved to PS Division.

SC Division Leaders

C. Bakker (1952-1954)
W. Gentner (1955-1960)
G. Bernardini (1958-1960)

P. Preiswerk (1959-1960)
P. Lapostolle (1961-1963)

SC Series SC Reports
1952-1958
CERN-SC-1 to 149
SC Internal reports
1958 to 1960
   
SC Reports
by year
1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 
1960              
SC Groups

in 1957
Groups Leaders
Administration Bricka, L D
Operation Fredriksson, O
Special Development Krienen, F
Mechanical Workshop Pozzo, G
Drawing Office Blythe, F
Construction - Magnet & Deflection System Hedin, B
Construction - High Frequency Schmitter, K H
Construction - General Layout, Mechanical Workshop Bonaudi, F & Broadbent, D H
Electronics von Dardel, G
Spallation Goebel, K
Polarized Protons Keller, R
$\pi-meson$ experiment Merrison, A W & Lundby, A
$\mu$ meson experiment Citron, A

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 1961 - 1975

SC Division Leaders

G. Brianti (1964-1967)

E.G. Michaelis (1968-1975)
MSC Groups ADM EN OP PR SD      
MSC Series MSC-M Reports MSC Reports    
MSC Reports
by year
1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975  
MSC-ADM Administration E. Michaelis
MSC-EN Engineering F. Blythe
MSC-OP Operation Picco / F. Franzetti / M. Lazanski 
MSC-PR New Projects M. Barbier / N. Vogt-Nilsen
MSC-SD Studies & Development H. Berger
MSC- Development & Research (1962) L. Dick
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