Jefferson Lab

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U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory national laboratory physics research laboratory

Jefferson Lab is a U.S. national laboratory renowned for its research in nuclear physics, particularly the study of quark structure within nucleons using high-energy electron beams.

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Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility 2
CEBAF 1
CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer 1

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instanceOf U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory ⓘ
national laboratory ⓘ
physics research laboratory ⓘ
abbreviation Jefferson Lab self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: CEBAF

CLAS ⓘ
acceleratorType recirculating superconducting radiofrequency linear accelerator ⓘ
beamEnergyAfterUpgrade 12 GeV ⓘ
beamType polarized electron beam ⓘ
beganOperations 1990s ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
employs engineers ⓘ
scientists ⓘ
technical staff ⓘ
focusesOn continuous electron beams ⓘ
precision measurements in nuclear physics ⓘ
formerlyKnownAs Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility ⓘ
founded 1984 ⓘ
fundedBy Office of Science ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science
hasEducationProgram K-12 outreach ⓘ
graduate education ⓘ
teacher professional development ⓘ
undergraduate education ⓘ
hasFacility Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility ⓘ
hasNumberOfExperimentalHalls 4 ⓘ
hasUpgrade Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility ⓘ
surface form: 12 GeV CEBAF Upgrade
hosts Jefferson Lab self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer

GlueX experiment ⓘ
Hall A experimental program ⓘ
Hall B experimental program ⓘ
Hall C experimental program ⓘ
Hall D experimental program ⓘ
locatedIn Newport News, Virginia ⓘ
officialName Jefferson Lab self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
operatedBy Jefferson Science Associates, LLC ⓘ
operatedFor U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
primaryMission advance understanding of the quark-gluon structure of matter ⓘ
support the U.S. nuclear physics program ⓘ
researchField accelerator physics ⓘ
nuclear physics ⓘ
particle physics ⓘ
shortName Jefferson Lab self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: JLab

Jefferson Lab self-link ⓘ
specializesIn electromagnetic probes of nuclei ⓘ
hadronic structure ⓘ
quark structure of nucleons ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
supports external user experiments ⓘ
userFacilityFor international nuclear physics community ⓘ
uses high-energy electron beams ⓘ
website https://www.jlab.org/ ⓘ

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Jefferson Lab → abbreviation → Jefferson Lab self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: CEBAF
this entity surface form: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab → hosts → Jefferson Lab self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer
Jefferson Lab → officialName → Jefferson Lab self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab → shortName → Jefferson Lab self-link ⓘ
Jefferson Lab → shortName → Jefferson Lab self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: JLab