American-Made SRF Cavity Makes the Grade
American-Made SRF Cavity
From left, JLab's Danny Forehand and Roland Overton, Fermilab's Jim Follkie and JLab's Rongli Geng take a break from cavity testing and processing to celebrate the milestone achieved with the pictured cavity, AES8. It was the first American-made cavity to surpass the ILC Global Design Effort specification of 35 MV/m. Cavity AES8 achieved 41 megavolts per meter during testing. JLab team members Byron Golden and Pete Kushnick are not pictured

Jefferson Lab marked a step forward in the field of advanced particle accelerator technology with the successful test of the first U.S.-built superconducting radiofrequency niobium cavity to meet the exacting specifications of the proposed International Linear Collider.
  
The cavity was developed as part of a DOE-funded R&D effort focused on developing technologies that would be required for an ILC, a proposed next-generation electron-positron collider that would enable scientists to explore matter at higher levels of energy.

Superconducting radiofrequency accelerator cavities are crucial components of particle accelerators or colliders, harnessing the energy that the collider pumps into a beam of particles. If it were built, the ILC would require about 16,000 niobium cavities, and vendors worldwide are vying to produce test cavities that meet the ILC's stringent performance goals....... more

Ciovati Honored with Presidential Early Career Award

CiovatiIn the fall, Gianluigi (Gigi) Ciovati will visit the White House to receive a 2009 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers who are early in their independent research careers......more

  

Empty Space in CEBAF Helps Make Upgrade Possible

12GeV Upgrade Jefferson Lab's Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility is set to undergo its first major upgrade, a $310 million project to enhance the facility's research capabilities. To make it possible, designers are filling in "extra space" in the linear accelerators or straight sections of the machine with additional accelerator components......more

  

BEAMS: JLab’s Science, Math Outreach Program Needs Your Help

Beams Becoming Enthusiastic About Math and Science, or BEAMS, Jefferson Lab's long-running math and science enrichment program needs your help. Staff, users and students interested in assisting with student activities conducted at the lab during normal business hours are encouraged to contact LaChelle Williams, Science Education.......more

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