Annual report of Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University. 1977 ed.

Research and other activities in the Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, from April 1977 to March 1978 are reported: AVF cyclotron, experimental apparatuses, polarization studies, nuclear reactions and scattering processes, nuclear spectroscopy, etc.. As salient in the fiscal year, computer control of the cyclotron has improved to multiply the efficiency of its utilization. Improvements were also seen of the polarized ion source, spectrograph performance and detection systems. The efforts of developing polarized deuteron beam producing and extremely forward angle scattering measuring techniques are being fruitful. For a future accelerator project, a medium energy ring cyclotron is now proposed. (Mori, K.)