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The multi-disciplinary role of ‘pion factories’

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The multi-disciplinary role of intermediate energy proton accelerators in pure and applied nuclear physics is discussed with particular reference to the experimental programmes at LAMPF (Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility) and SIN (Swiss Institute for Nuclear Research, Zurich).

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Davies, J., Batty, C. & Green, K. The multi-disciplinary role of ‘pion factories’. Nature 270, 667–671 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/270667a0

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