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14-Oct-2021
Two new American Physical Society fellows affiliated with Jefferson Lab
DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator FacilityGrant and Award Announcement
Two researchers affiliated with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility have been selected by their peers for the distinct honor of Fellow of the American Physical Society. The APS announced its 2021 Fellows on Oct. 13.
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- American Physical Society, DOE/US Department of Energy
12-Oct-2021
Scientists measure calcium’s thin skin
DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator FacilityMeeting Announcement
A new measurement of the neutron skin in calcium reveals that heavier types of calcium nuclei are relatively thin-skinned. The new measurement, made by the 48Ca Radius EXperiment (CREX) collaboration at DOE’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, was presented at the 2021 Fall Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society. It is the first highly robust electroweak measurement of the neutron skin in a medium-weight nucleus, and it features a precision of about 0.025 millionths of a nanometer.
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- DOE/US Department of Energy
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- 2021 Fall Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics
24-Sep-2021
Accelerators may get a boost from oxygen
DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Accelerator scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility have developed a model for a cheaper and easier preparation method for getting better performance from particle accelerators. Preliminary tests show the model may soon provide scientists the ability to predict the best material preparation method for specific performance goals. The results were recently published in Applied Physics Letters.
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- Applied Physics Letters
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- U.S. Department of Energy
12-Aug-2021
Postdoc picks at the three-particle problem
DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator FacilityGrant and Award Announcement
Andrew Jackura wants to know what we’re made of. Now, as the winner of the 2021 Jefferson Science Associates (JSA) Postdoctoral Prize, he’ll get the chance to find out. Jackura is a postdoctoral research scientist at Old Dominion University and a scientific user at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. His research focuses on the strong nuclear force, the fundamental force responsible for keeping all ordinary matter in the universe together, including us.
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, DOE/US Department of Energy
10-Aug-2021
Thesis Prize Winner Targets a Proton Puzzle
DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator FacilityGrant and Award Announcement
The proton was discovered just over a hundred years ago and has been intensely studied ever since. Yet, there’s still more to learn about this important building block of the visible universe. Now, work toward a better understanding of the proton carried out at the Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has earned Weizhi Xiong the 2020 Jefferson Science Associates (JSA) Thesis Prize.
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, DOE/US Department of Energy
27-Jul-2021
EIC Center at Jefferson Lab announces research awards
DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator FacilityGrant and Award Announcement
The Electron-Ion Collider Center at the Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (EIC Center at Jefferson Lab) has announced the winners of six international fellowships to help advance the science program of the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC).
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- Commonwealth of Virginia, U.S. Department of Energy
8-Jul-2021
Partnership contributes toward sharp eyes for MOLLER experiment
DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator FacilityGrant and Award Announcement
Thirteen universities working on a new experiment to be carried out at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility have recently been awarded new grants totaling more than $9 million. The grants come from the National Science Foundation and the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, with a matching award for the CFI grant from Research Manitoba. The grants benefit the Measurement of a Lepton-Lepton Electroweak Reaction Experiment, called MOLLER.
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- U.S. Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Research Manitoba, Canadian Foundation for Innovation, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
23-Jun-2021
Classic magic trick may enable quantum computing
DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Quantum computing could solve problems that are difficult for traditional computer systems. It may seem like magic. One step toward achieving quantum computing even resembles a magician's trick: levitation. A new project at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility will attempt this trick by levitating a microscopic particle in a superconducting radiofrequency (SRF) cavity to observe quantum phenomena.
27-Apr-2021
Physicists net neutron star gold from measurement of lead
DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator FacilityPeer-Reviewed Publication
Nuclear physicists have made a new, highly accurate measurement of the thickness of the neutron "skin" that encompasses the lead nucleus in experiments conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility and just published in Physical Review Letters. The result, which revealed a neutron skin thickness of .28 millionths of a nanometer, has important implications for the structure and size of neutron stars.
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- Physical Review Letters
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- Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, National Science Foundation, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Department of Energy's Office of Science