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Brief Communication*: The Effect of Toxic Microbes on Accelerator Performance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2013

I.M. Smart ,
U.R. Tu  and
B.A. Sport
I.M. Smart
Affiliation:
Exochemistry Department, I.C. University
U.R. Tu
Affiliation:
Materials Science Publishing Unit, P.R. First, Inc.
B.A. Sport
Affiliation:
Society for the Prevention of Vacuum in Outer Space

Abstract

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The potential of the environment inside evacuated accelerator beam-lines for breeding microbes which are both toxic to users and possess electric or magnetic organs of strength sufficient to deflect soft charged-particle beams has been explored. Unexplained human and accelerator “long-runtime” syndromes plaguing accelerator facilities for many years can be understood from this study. We have artificially bred such organisms and demonstrated that they are the cause of these syndromes. An appropriate microbicide-impregnated antiseptic beampipe liner with good outgassing properties could alleviate the problem.

Type
Posterminaries
Information
MRS Bulletin , Volume 18 , Issue 7 , July 1993 , pp. 87 - 88
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

Footnotes

*

In order to insure rapid publication, the usual peer review process was skipped and only neatness of the original manuscript was considered.

References

1. “The Elusive Magnetic Microbe and Other Accelerator Tales,” Smart, I.M., Tu, U.R., and Sport, B.A., in Stainless Steel and You, edited by Judge, E.Z. (Vanity Press, Waxahachie, 1991) p. 2001–2010. (Reprints sold out.)Google Scholar
2. “Magnetic Microbes and the Common Cold,” Tu, U.R., Smart, I.M., and Zee, X.Y., New England Journal of Magnetism 666 (1992) p. 7–11. (Reprints for sale by the authors. Get them while they last!)Google Scholar