The Cosmotron was a particle accelerator, specifically a proton synchrotron, at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Its construction was approved by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission in 1948, reaching its full energy in 1953, and continuing to run until 1966. It was dismantled in 1969.
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File:HD.6B.430 (11969919804).jpg|HD.6B.430 - Injection system for the Cosmotron at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. c. 1952 File:HD.6B.438 (11969997484).jpg|HD.6B.438 - General view of the Cosmotron from the main control console. Equipment in the center of the ring is mainly vacuum gear. (Personnel - E. Maher). c. 1952 File:HD.6B.448 (11970235563).jpg|HD.6B.448 - No description provided. File:HD.6B.427 (11969917824).jpg|HD.6B.427 - Injection equipment connected to Brookhaven cosmotron. c. 1958 File:HD.6B.437 (11969996344).jpg|HD.6B.437 - A view of the inside of the Cosmotron ring showing engineer working or high level power amplifier. The orderly assembly of tubes and hoses to the left is a portion of the waterflow interlock system. File:HD.6B.434 (11969994334).jpg|HD.6B.434 - Picture of Sodium Iodide Mosaic used to view 3 Billion Electron Volt External Proton Beam from Cosmotron appears on TV screen at remote monitoring station. c. 1957 File:HD.6B.431 (11969919854).jpg|HD.6B.431 - Front view of the strong focusing magnet used to narrow down external beams of charged nuclear particles which emerge from the Cosmotron (not shown) at Brookhaven National Laboratory. c. 1957 File:HD.6B.433 (11969994274).jpg|HD.6B.433 The 3 BEV Cosmotron at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. c. 1961 ==References==