Credit: JLab Photo: Aileen Devlin
In 2022, the Vertical Test Area that was created to help build Jefferson Lab’s main particle accelerator conducted a mind-boggling 470 different superconducting radiofrequency accelerator cavity tests. SRF cavities accelerate particles as they shoot through; as such, they make up the backbone of an accelerator. This image shows a single test station, Dewar 5.