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Moscow Meson Factory
is situated at the city of Troitsk at a distance of 20 km from Moscow and provides experiments on higt - current beams of protons, negative hydrogen ions and secondary particles in the field of elementary particle physics, atomic nucleus physics and applied sciences
MMF Comprises
- A high - current linear accelerator of protons and H- ions with the energy up to 600 MeV, the average beam current up to 0.5 mA and the pulse current up to 50 mA. Its length is more than 500 m
- An experimental complex with the channels of primary and secondary particles of various energies, experimental setups and a system for beams diagnostics
- A neutron complex which consists of a pulsed neutron source providing neutron pulses of a duration up to 320 nsec and intensity of about 1015 neutrons per sec, a lead slowing-down neutron spectrometer and a setup for radiation material science
- A complex for producing radionuclides for medicine and industry (82Sr, 68Ge, 109Cd, 22Na, etc)
Scientific Potential
- Elementary particle physics and atomic nucleus physics
- High-current accelerators and neutron sources physics and technology
- Condensed matter physics, radiation material science and radiochemistry
- Radioisotopes production for medicine and industry
- Medical diagnostics, beam- and radiotherapy
- Studies on radioactive waste processing and electro-nuclear way of getting energy
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