About Accelerators
A cryomodule being prepared for assembly and later installation in Jefferson Lab's accelerator. Jefferson Lab is a world leader in superconducting radiofrequency (SRF) technologies.
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Jefferson Lab is home to two superconducting radiofrequency accelerators: the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility and the Free-Electron Laser.
The CEBAF accelerator is a unique accelerator used to conduct investigations in the field of nuclear physics.
It provides high-current, medium-energy electron beams concurrently to three experimental halls for the study of quarks and gluons, protons and neutrons and the nucleus of the atom.
The Jefferson Lab Free-Electron Laser, though powered by a smaller SRF accelerator, holds power records in the production of infrared, ultraviolet and terahertz beams.
The FEL has been used in a variety of scientific studies, such as developing processes for producing high-quality carbon and boron-nitride nanotubes, identifying laser light wavelengths for use in medical treatments and in micromachining studies.