Workshop on Science at Jefferson Lab's Low Energy Recirculator Facility (LERF)

Friday Mar 17, 2017, 8:00 AM → 5:00 PM US/Eastern

F113 (CEBAF Center)

The Low Energy Recirculator Facility (LERF) at Jefferson Lab, which houses an Energy Recovery Linac and 6 User Labs, provides excellent opportunities for fundamental and applied science research as well as education and training. The equipment at LERF falls into two broad categories: the accelerator in a radiation shelded vault, and well-equipped User Labs which can be employed independently of the accelerator. The User Labs house state-of-the-art equipment for Pulsed Laser Deposition, Micro-Machining, XHV vacuum work, laser-generated TeraHertz with associated instrumentation, and pulsed fiber laser development. The goal of this workshop is to inform researchers and educators of opportunities at the LERF facility, and explore its research and educational potential. The expected outcome of the workshop will be a list of research and education activities that could benefit regional and national institutions, and indicate a path to continued realization of LERF's potential.

8:30 AM → 10:00 AM Morning Session 1

(Convenor, Charles Sukenik)

8:30 AM Welcome from the Director's Office

Speaker: Robert McKeown (Jefferson Lab)

Slides BMCK_LERF_Mar17_Final.pptx

8:40 AM Description of the LERF

Speaker: George Neil (Jefferson Lab)

Slides LERF_Workshop_Introduction_-_Neil.pptx LERF_Workshop_Introduction_-_Neil_rev1.pptx

9:00 AM Internal Target Experiments

Speaker: Ivica Friscic (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Slides LERFworkshopIF.pdf

9:15 AM Isotopes at LERF

Speaker: Douglas Wells (New Mexico Tech)

Slides PhotoNuclearData_15Mar2017_JLab_Wells.pdf

9:30 AM LERF at Low Energies for Target Irradiation

Speaker: Theresa Benyo (NASA)

Slides LERF_2017_Workshop_NASA_Effort_Mar_15_17_Final.pptx

9:45 AM LERF as a Source of Positrons

Speaker: Branislav Vlahovic (North Carolina Central University)

Slides LERF_as_a_Source_of_Positrons.pptx

10:00 AM → 10:15 AM Coffee Break

10:15 AM → 12:00 PM Morning Session 2

(Convenor, Douglas Wells)

10:15 AM Inventory of User Lab Facilities and Equipment

Speaker: Stephen Benson (Jefferson Lab)

Slides LERF_Inventory.pptx

10:45 AM Tour of LERF Labs, ODU Facilities in ARC

12:00 PM → 1:00 PM Working Lunch

1:00 PM → 3:30 PM Afternoon Session 1

(Convenor, Geoffrey Krafft)

1:00 PM "High-Power" THz Sources and Applications

Speaker: Eric Bryerton (Virginia Diodes, Inc.)

Slides 2017_03_JLAB_High-Power_THz_Sources_and_Apps-1.pptx

1:30 PM Materials Research in the LERF User Labs

Speaker: Michael Kelley (College of William & Mary)

Slides MK_LERF_3.17.17.ppt

2:00 PM ODU's Facilities at ARC Building

Speaker: Hani Elsayed-Ali (Old Dominion University)

Slides ODU_ARC_Elsayed-Ali_LERF.ppt

2:30 PM Nanotube Technology

Speaker: Kevin Jordan (BNNT)

Slides 1_LERF_Science.pptx

3:00 PM Laser Projects at LERF and the Opportunity for Accelerator and Nuclear Physics Scientific Research

Speaker: Shukui Zhang (Jefferson Lab)

3:30 PM → 3:45 PM Coffee Break

3:45 PM → 5:00 PM Afternoon Session 2

(Convenor, Hari Areti)

3:45 PM Panel Discussion on Science at LERF User Labs and ODU Facilities

4:45 PM Closing Remarks