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	The '''Synchro-Cyclotron''', or '''Synchrocyclotron''' ('''SC'''), built in 1957, was [[CERN]]’s first accelerator. It was 15.7 meters in circumference and provided for CERN's first experiments in ~~[[Particle physics\|~~particle]] and [[nuclear physics]]. It accelerated particles to energies up to 600 GeV. The foundation stone of CERN was laid at the site of the Synchrocyclotron by the first ~~[[List of Directors General of CERN\|~~Director-General]] of CERN, [[Felix Bloch]].<ref name="Rubbia1993">{{cite journal\|last1=Rubbia\|first1=Carlo\|title=Opening address\|journal=Physics Reports\|volume=225\|issue=1–3\|year=1993\|pages=12–25\|issn=0370-1573\|doi=10.1016/0370-1573(93)90155-7\|bibcode=1993PhR...225...12R}}</ref> After its remarkably long 33 years of service time, the SC was decommissioned in 1990. Nowadays it accepts visitors as an exhibition area in CERN.		The '''Synchro-Cyclotron''', or '''Synchrocyclotron''' ('''SC'''), built in 1957, was [[CERN]]’s first accelerator. It was 15.7 meters in circumference and provided for CERN's first experiments in particle and nuclear physics. It accelerated particles to energies up to 600 GeV. The foundation stone of CERN was laid at the site of the Synchrocyclotron by the first Director-General of CERN, [[Felix Bloch]].<ref name="Rubbia1993">{{cite journal\|last1=Rubbia\|first1=Carlo\|title=Opening address\|journal=Physics Reports\|volume=225\|issue=1–3\|year=1993\|pages=12–25\|issn=0370-1573\|doi=10.1016/0370-1573(93)90155-7\|bibcode=1993PhR...225...12R}}</ref> After its remarkably long 33 years of service time, the SC was decommissioned in 1990. Nowadays it accepts visitors as an exhibition area in CERN.

	For more information, see [[wikipedia:Synchro-Cyclotron_(CERN)\|Wikipedia]].		For more information, see [[wikipedia:Synchro-Cyclotron_(CERN)\|Wikipedia]].
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	Synchro-Cyclotron~~; the~~ first accelerator at CERN (~~proton energy~~ of ~~600 MeV~~).		The '''Synchro-Cyclotron''', or '''Synchrocyclotron''' ('''SC'''), built in 1957, was [[CERN]]’s first accelerator. It was 15.7 meters in circumference and provided for CERN's first experiments in [[Particle physics\|particle]] and [[nuclear physics]]. It accelerated particles to energies up to 600 GeV. The foundation stone of CERN was laid at the site of the Synchrocyclotron by the first [[List of Directors General of CERN\|Director-General]] of CERN, [[Felix Bloch]].<ref name="Rubbia1993">{{cite journal\|last1=Rubbia\|first1=Carlo\|title=Opening address\|journal=Physics Reports\|volume=225\|issue=1–3\|year=1993\|pages=12–25\|issn=0370-1573\|doi=10.1016/0370-1573(93)90155-7\|bibcode=1993PhR...225...12R}}</ref> After its remarkably long 33 years of service time, the SC was decommissioned in 1990. Nowadays it accepts visitors as an exhibition area in CERN.

			For more information, see [[wikipedia:Synchro-Cyclotron_(CERN)\|Wikipedia]].

			== References ==
			{{Reflist}}

	[[Category:Abbreviations]]		[[Category:Abbreviations]]
			[[Category:Particle accelerators]]

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