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29-Mar-2023

Charming experiment finds gluon mass in the proton

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Nuclear physicists may have finally pinpointed where in the proton a large fraction of its mass resides. A recent experiment carried out at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has revealed the radius of the proton’s mass that is generated by the strong force as it glues together the proton’s building block quarks. The result was recently published in Nature.

Journal: Nature
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

28-Mar-2023

Jefferson Lab establishes Biomedical Research & Innovation Center

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Business Announcement

Better methods for detecting and treating disease. Groundbreaking technologies for monitoring and blocking radiation. New techniques for removing forever chemicals from wastewater. These research and development activities and more are being pursued by innovators at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. And today, they are being brought together to form the lab’s new Biomedical Research & Innovation Center (BRIC).

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

14-Mar-2023

Need for increased storage space leads to new project

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

A new project gearing up at Jefferson Lab will construct a new facility for equipment and materials. The Laydown Yard Expansion project has received $2.25 million in Inflation Reduction Act funding to provide approximately 100,000 square feet of outside storage space. The new storage space will help accommodate large experimental assemblies and support structures, as well as equipment for future experiments and operations.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

14-Mar-2023

Tim Michalski selected as Jefferson Lab’s engineering manager

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Business Announcement

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has selected Tim Michalski to lead its Engineering Division as the Engineering Division Manager. In this role, Michalski oversees all aspects of the management and operation of the Engineering Division. The division includes more than 200 staff members and supports the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility and the lab’s growing project portfolio.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

23-Feb-2023

Tisca Dorsey hired as Jefferson Lab business and finance director

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Business Announcement

DOE's Jefferson Lab has hired Tisca Dorsey as a Director of Business and Finance. In this role, she will be primarily responsible for the development and implementation of the lab’s contracting approach and strategy. She took on this role Feb. 16.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

15-Feb-2023

Putting particle accelerator cavities to the test

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Business Announcement

Since it first went online more than 30 years ago, the Vertical Test Area at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has gotten used to superlatives. One of the biggest testbeds of its kind. The busiest. The most versatile. Now, the Vertical Test Area that was created to help build Jefferson Lab’s main particle accelerator has hit another milestone: In 2022, it conducted a mind-boggling 470 different superconducting radiofrequency accelerator cavity tests. By comparison, the facility tested 277 superconducting radiofrequency (SRF) cavities in 2017, 400 in 2018, 349 in 2019, and 351 in 2021.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

2-Feb-2023

Gail Frayne appointed Jefferson Lab chief financial officer

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Business Announcement

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has appointed Gail Frayne as its new Chief Financial Officer. As CFO, Frayne is responsible for the development and implementation of Jefferson Lab’s financial strategy. She took on these new responsibilities Feb. 1.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

25-Jan-2023

Hernandez-Garcia honored for kindling curiosity and passion for physics

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Grant and Award Announcement

Mexican-born physicist Carlos Hernandez-Garcia has been honored by the Mexican Community of Particle Accelerators with an inaugural award for outstanding contributions to Mexico’s particle accelerator community. The award was established and has been named in his honor.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

6-Dec-2022

Nuclear physics gets a boost for high-performance computing

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Grant and Award Announcement

Efforts to harness the power of supercomputers to better understand the hidden worlds inside the nucleus of the atom recently received a big boost. A project led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is one of three to split $35 million in grants from the DOE via a partnership program of DOE’s Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC). The $13 million project includes key scientists based at six DOE national labs and two universities, including Jefferson Lab, Argonne National Lab, Brookhaven National Lab, Oak Ridge National Lab, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Los Alamos National Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and William & Mary.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

21-Nov-2022

Jefferson Lab welcomes a ‘New’ Hall Group Leader

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Business Announcement

After an extensive international search, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has appointed Mark Jones as the new group leader of the lab’s Experimental Halls A and C. He began his tenure Nov. 1.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy