Very happy to announce that, as of March 1st, I have been promoted to Staff #Accelerator #Scientist III in the Center for Advanced Studies of Accelerators (CASA) Group at Jefferson Lab.
After ~21 years of accelerator #physics experience, this feels good.
Scientists have developed a groundbreaking method for generating fast, bright #proton beams using a high-repetition-rate laser-plasma #accelerator.
#Physics #Photonics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/02/phy02112501.html
A nice write up about the truly groundbreaking and unique #particle #accelerator where I was trained, and returned to work years later.
https://www.jlab.org/news/stories/benchmarking-cebaf
Jefferson Lab's CEBAF is not huge, but its impact has been for decades.
Installed a bit more #dosimetry today Jefferson Lab's Hall C! Also swapped out some from higher-dose areas in the North and South LINACs.
This is all in support of our LDRD.
So a bit of disassembly, RAM re-seating (and testing), deoxit-ing and pin straightening... and...
World's smallest particle accelerator is 54 million times smaller than the Large Hadron Collider, and it works
Scientists have created world's first nanophotonic electron accelerator, which speeds negatively charged particles with mini laser pulses and is small enough to fit on a coin.
https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/particle-physics/worlds-smallest-particle-accelerator-is-54-million-times-smaller-than-the-large-hadron-collider-and-it-works #worlds #smallest #particle #accelerator #laserpulses
@danielbowdoin Terrifying, especially the aside on the dangers of #AI.
This story reminds me of this #video I watched recently on a man who had an accident in a #particle #accelerator:
The algorithm pairs machine-learning techniques with beam physics #equations to avoid massive data crunching. Whenever SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory’s linear #accelerator is on, packs of around a billion #electrons each travel together at nearly the speed of light through metal piping.
#Physics #MachineLearning #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/05/phy05012301.html
Using the Argonne Tandem Linac #Accelerator System (#ATLAS), a DOE Office of Science user facility located at DOE’s #Argonne National Laboratory, a team of #scientists are studying the extreme, #star-like environment created during laser shots at the NIF to better understand its potential as a testbed for #nuclear #astrophysics
#Physics #SpaceScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/03/phy03072301.html
Technical staff at the U.S. Department of Energy’s #Fermi National #Accelerator Laboratory have completed a prototype of a special #superconducting #cryomodule, the first of its kind in the world. The national lab is home of the Proton Improvement Plan II, or PIP-II, a project to upgrade Fermilab’s #particle accelerator complex.
#Physics #Engineering #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/03/phy03022301.html
Just a reminder that applications for the Startups for All accelerator program are due March 1 https://startupsforall.org/
The #ALICE experiment at the #CERN #particle #accelerator center in Geneva, Switzerland, investigates the state of matter shortly after the Big Bang, also known as the quark-gluon plasma. By causing lead ions to collide with each other, it is possible to create such a #quark-gluon #plasma for tiny fractions of a second.
#Physics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2022/12/phy12072202.html
I've been here a while but due to a poor selection of ISP last year mostly offline. Now I'm back and it's time to introduce myself again...
I'm a geek who works at a #particlephysics #accelerator in Geneva, Switzerland. I'm an electrical and electronic engineer, working on everything from mission critical infrastructure design, to high voltage equipment, to radiation resistant electronics.
I'm a strong advocate of #opensource #hardware and #software.
