Research Facilities | Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne’s Physics Division maintains several key facilities dedicated to expanding our knowledge of and ability to manipulate different elemental isotopes. From accelerator development to atom trapping, Argonne’s facilities enable scientists to gain new perspectives into the structure of atoms. The division operates the Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System as a national user facility that draws hundreds of users from around the world for nuclear physics experiments.

National User Facility

Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System

The prime national facility for nuclear structure research, the Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System (ATLAS) is the world’s first superconducting linear accelerator for heavy ions at energies in the vicinity of the Coulomb barrier.

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Accelerator Development & Test Facility (ADTF)

The Accelerator Development Group operates and maintains a facility for testing accelerator devices.

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Argonne TRACER Center

Argonne TRACER Center has advanced the science of krypton dating to a practical level for young and ancient groundwater and glacial ice.

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Center for Accelerator Target Science

The Center for Accelerator Target Science (CATS) is a national center for the development and fabrication of targets.

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Electron-Ion Collider

Multifaceted effort in the Physics Division to prepare for EIC, collaboration between Medium Energy, Theory and Accelerator groups, together with HEP and MSD.

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Radioactive Material Handling Laboratory

The Radioactive Material Handling Laboratory enables the development and production of low-level radioactive sources and targets.

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Radioanalytical Counting Laboratory

The Radioanalytical Counting Laboratory is equipped numerous detectors for alpha, gamma, and electron counting to directly support the production of radioactive targets and experiments performed at ATLAS.

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Target Fabrication Facility

The Physics Division operates a target development laboratory that produces targets and foils of various thickness and substrates for experiments performed at ATLAS.