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Beam Switch Yard

Diagram of the Beam Switch YardWhen the electrons and positrons reach the end of the linac and enter the Beam Switch Yard (BSY), they are diverted in different directions by a powerful dipole magnet and travel into storage rings, such as SPEAR or PEP, or into other experimental facilities, such as Final Focus Test Beam (FFTB) or the arcs of SLC -- the SLAC Linear Collider.
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