title: BNL accelerator-based radiobiology facilities.
abstract: For the past several years, the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (AGS) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA) has provided ions of iron, silicon and gold, at energies from 600 MeV/nucleon to 10 GeV/nucleon, for the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) radiobiology research program. NASA has recently funded the construction of a new dedicated ion facility, the Booster Applications Facility (BAF). The Booster synchrotron will supply ion beams ranging from protons to gold, in an energy range from 40-3000 MeV/nucleon with maximum beam intensities of 10(10) to 10(11) ions per pulse. The BAF Project will be described and the future AGS and BAF operation plans will be presented.
authors.affiliation: Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA.
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Lowenstein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D006046:Gold; D020450:Heavy Ions; D006799:Housing, Animal; D006801:Humans; D007477:Ions; D007501:Iron; D011522:Protons; D011853:Radiobiology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017356:Synchrotrons; D014481:United States; D018557:United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration
chemical_list: D007477:Ions; D011522:Protons; D006046:Gold; D007501:Iron