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Scenes from Nucleus Factory

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A supernova remnant.
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Illustration of the coupled cyclotron system, superimposed on image taken during coupled cyclotron construction.
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NERO team member Paul Hosmer.
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NERO team member Michelle Ouellette.
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NERO team member Fernando Montes.
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Team members Peter Santi (L) and Paul Hosmer.
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Astrophysicist Hendrick Schatz.
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Nuclei in the outer iron core of a star.
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After a supernova blast, a neutron star remains.
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The master control room at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory.
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A rare peek inside the K1200 cyclotron, open for assembly.
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An animated view inside the K1200 cyclotron during beam acceleration.
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A look at the K500, one of two coupled cyclotrons.
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Designer Renan Fontus at his CAD workstation.
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Paul Hosmer (L) and Fernando Montes monitor incoming data during Experiment 1024.
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Accelerated and split, new nuclei enter the NERO detector at the end of the beam line.

Nucleus Factory is a co-production of WKAR and the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University, made possible by funding from the National Science Foundation and Michigan State University.

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