Separate display vacuum chamber for McMillan synchrotron

Description:

Object N-09261.02 is a separate circular vacuum chamber with its associated accessories that were mounted on a wall in the "Atom Smashers" exhibition. This object itself is essentially identical to the vacuum chamber that is an integral subpart of the McMillan synchrotron assembly proper N-09261.01.

Object N-09261.02 consists of an assembly of the following major subparts, most of which were separated during dismantling after the Atom Smashers exhibition closed:

8 separate circular sectors;

2 "milk bottles" for evacuation ports ;

electron gun assembly;

target assembly with adjusting mechanism;

synchrotron light port assembly;

RF coaxial power input assembly.

(See curator's notes for details.)

For background on the McMillan Synchrotron, see descrption for object ID no. N-09621.01