A Souped-Up Van de Graaf Generator

Tuesday 16 August 2022 10am

For National Science Week 2022 large science collaborations around Australia are making one-minute-long videos showing off their facilities. Here’s ours, for the 15 megavolt “souped-up” Van der Graaf generator that we proudly house at ANU for the Heavy Ion Accelerators (HIA) group.

The video features Dr Kaitlin Cook coming to you from the ANU Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility, the largest of the three HIA accelerators.

These large facilities are funded by NCRIS - National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy, check out the other NCRIS facility videos, on twitter.

Contact

Dr Kaitlin Cook
E: kaitlin.cook@anu.edu.au
T: (02)61252077

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