APS Upgrade Project

Prototypes of new superconducting magnets for the upgraded Advanced Photon Source were successfully lowered to their operating temperatures, far below freezing. These new magnets will help the APS generate more powerful X-rays more efficiently.

Kasa and his colleagues are designing and building superconducting magnets for the upgraded Advanced Photon Source. They operate at far below freezing temperatures and help create world-leading levels of brightness for X-rays.

As Project Controls manager, Katie Martin’s job is to account for the APS Upgrade’s schedule and its $815 million budget, down to the penny.

Kelly leads a team designing a new system for the APS Upgrade, one that will extend the life of the electron beam that powers the facility.

To provide X-ray beams that are both very bright and very tightly focused, an Argonne team had to create a new system of mirrors, lenses and equipment for the upgraded Advanced Photon Source.

From designing powerful magnets to engineering a new system to swap electrons at the speed of light, Liu’s fingerprints will be all over the upgraded Advanced Photon Source.

Construction continues one year after the groundbreaking ceremony for a new building that will house cutting-edge experiments in many fields of science.

When the APS Upgrade is complete, 1,321 powerful magnets will steer the beam of electrons that creates ultrabright X-rays for scientific discovery.