Present Status and Further Developments of the VICKSI Heavy Ion Facility

The VICKSI accelerator facility, a combination of a 6 MV Van de Graaff injectorand a split pole cyclotron has been completed. Extensive beam tests and regular operation indicate that all specifications are obtained. Seven differentions have been accelerated to 23 different energies since the running in periods in 1977. In 1978 the beam was actually available about 60% of the time scheduled for experiments. A second injector for the cyclotron is presently under study. It has been approved by the advisory committee to the scientific board and it is planned to be available in 1982.