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  • This page contains archived content on a former member of the Jefferson Lab leadership team.

    Andrew Hutton
    Former Associate Director of the Accelerators

  • This page contains archived content on a former member of the Jefferson Lab leadership team.

    Dr. Nathan Isgur
    Former Chief Scientist

  • This page contains archived content on a former member of the Jefferson Lab leadership team.

    Hugh E. Montgomery
    Former Director

    Director Emeritus

    Dr. Hugh E. Montgomery served as Director of the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) from August 29, 2008 - April 2, 2017. Upon resigning as Director, he transitioned into a role as scientist supporting the Jefferson Lab Directorate.

  • This page contains archived content on a former member of the Jefferson Lab leadership team.

    Dr. Fred Dylla

    Former FEL Program Director (1998 - 2006)

    Former Chief Technology Officer (2002 - 2007)

  • This page contains archived content on a former member of the Jefferson Lab leadership team.

    Mary Erwin
    Former Chief Financial Officer

  • This page contains archived content on a former member of the Jefferson Lab leadership team.

    Craig R. Ferguson
    Former Associate Director for Environment, Safety, Health & Quality

  • This page contains archived content on a former member of the Jefferson Lab leadership team.

    Sally Fisk
    Former Chief of Staff

  • Light travels at 186,000 miles per SECOND!

    At nearly the speed of light, CEBAF's electron beam orbits the 7/8 mile track 5 times in about 22 millionths of a second.

    How far would it go in one second?

    FAR!!

    In one second, CEBAF's electron beam would circle the earth 7 1/2 times!!

  • Jefferson Lab's electron beam will be aimed at targets like hydrogen, carbon, gold, and lead. What happens when the beam hits a target?

    The particles scatter. Scientists will study the speed, direction and energy of the particles scattered to learn more about how the nucleus is put together.

  • Superconductivity allows electricity to flow through a conductor without resistance. At CEBAF this is achieved by cooling the niobium cavities in the accelerator to -456oF.

    WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR CEBAF?

    Well, using superconducting technology, CEBAF requires an average of 20 megawatts of power to operate. That's enough power for 16,000 homes.

    If CEBAF were NOT SUPERCONDUCTING, it would require 60 megawatts, enough power for 48,000 homes!!!

    AND, without superconducting technology, CEBAF's performance would be greatly reduced.