
High Energy Physics
Research Facilities
State-of-the-art facilities for high energy physics research
Argonne maintains two state-of-the-art facilities for high energy physics. The Argonne Wakefield Accelerator Facility (AWA) aims to achieve high accelerating gradients for next-generation particle accelerators. The 4 Tesla Magnet Facility reuses hospital MRI magnets for prove and detector testing under high magnetic fields. It provides benchmarking for muon experiments that will be performed at Fermilab. Additionally, the ATLAS Support Center provides computing and training facilities for members of the ATLAS collaboration.