Ask a Scientist - Argonne National Lab Tour

Ask a Scientist - Argonne National Lab Tour

At the Intersection of Physics and Chemistry

Wednesday, November 10th

10:00 - 11:00 am

Tour Guides:  Dave and Denise Hooper
Via Zoom

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Agenda

5 minute - Welcome/Overview Argonne
12 minute - Advanced Photon Source (APS) Video
5-10 minute - APS Overview and live Q&A
10 minute - Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System (ATLAS) Video
5-10 minute - ATLAS Overview and live Q&A

Tour of the Advanced Photon Source: The Advanced Photon Source (APS), a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility at Argonne hosting more than 5,500 researchers annually, is a giant X-ray microscope that produces ultrabright, high-energy X-rays to illuminate the molecular structure and function of the materials that comprise our world. As powerful as the APS is today, it is undergoing a massive upgrade that will increase the brightness of the X-rays by up to 500 times. This extreme level of detail will equip scientists with a vastly more powerful tool for investigating and improving the materials that affect nearly every aspect of our lives. The APS Upgrade will ensure that the machine will continue to be a leading scientific instrument for decades to come.

Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System: The Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System (ATLAS) is one of the prime national facilities for nuclear structure research. The mission of the ATLAS facility is to enable world-leading physics research, especially probing the properties of atomic nuclei, by utilizing particle acceleration and state-of-the-art research instruments. It is capable of accelerating ions of all elements, both stable and radioactive, from hydrogen to uranium, for research into the properties of the nucleus - the core of matter and the fuel of stars.