The 300 million-electronvolt beam surpasses two key energy goals for accelerator science.
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A type of electron lens developed at Fermilab lends itself to future collider applications.
The new Fermilab Accelerator Science and Technology facility at Fermilab looks to the future of accelerator science.
The partnership is expected to advance a wide range of science, including medicine and energy.
As it evolves, the SLAC linear accelerator illustrates some important technologies from the history of accelerator science.
From The Washington Post, Sept. 8, 2016: When it comes to cyclotrons, former Fermilab scientist Timothy Koeth, now at the University of Maryland, is a mixture of promoter, preacher and sorcerer. Fermilab physicist Todd Johnson contributes to the Post article.
The delivery of 50-MeV beam is the first step in establishing an accelerator R&D facility that will serve as one of America’s leading test beds for cutting-edge, record-high-intensity particle beam research.
A new radio-frequency quadrupole, designed and built by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, will help provide intense, focused beams to the entire Fermilab accelerator complex.
Accelerator scientists are in demand at labs and beyond.