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Official account of LBNL's ATAP Division. Supporting @berkeleylab.lbl.gov‬ and DOE's mission by inventing particle accelerators to explore and control matter and energy.

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Discover how our researchers are advancing #fusionenergy by studying how rare-earth barium copper oxide superconducting magnet cables withstand the extreme conditions in future magnetic confinement fusion reactors

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19.08.2025 15:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Learn how our Research Scientist, Reed Teyber, has created a new method to measure inter-tape resistance in superconducting cables, promising more powerful & reliable magnets for HEP, #fusionenergy, & beyond

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19.08.2025 15:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Read about the experiences of our @doescience SULI interns as they work with our internationally renowned scientists on cutting-edge #particleaccelerator research. Deadline to apply for the Spring 2026 cycle is October 1

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15.08.2025 15:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“The Lab fosters a collaborative environment where different perspectives are welcomed and innovation is encouraged,” says Changchun Sun, a staff scientist in our @advlightsource Accelerator Physics Program

@doescience @ENERGY @BerkeleyLab

https://atap.lbl.gov/news/3q4-changchun-sun/

14.08.2025 16:11 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Exciting results! Our scientists developed a compact magnet-based beam transport system for laser-driven ion accelerators, for many applications, such as radiobiology, materials science & high-energy-density physics

@doescience @ENERGY @BerkeleyLab

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13.08.2025 15:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Discover how a new diagnostic tool developed at our BELLA Center stabilizes high-power laser pulses without disrupting laser or accelerator operations to advance laser-plasma accelerators & expand their applications.

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12.08.2025 15:33 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Check out our August Newsletter for advances in next-generation laser-plasma accelerators and their applications, progress in high-strength superconducting magnets, improved modeling of #ParticleAccelerators and more!

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https://atap.lbl.gov/atap-newsletter/

11.08.2025 15:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Born today in 1901: cyclotron inventor and Nobel laureate Ernest O. Lawrence. His legacies of team science and #ParticleAccelerator innovation still enable discovery and benefit society here at @BerkeleyLab

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Read more about Ernest Lawrence here

08.08.2025 15:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Read about the experiences of our @doescience SULI interns as they work with our internationally renowned scientists on cutting-edge #ParticleAccelerator research. Deadline to apply for the Spring 2026 cycle is October 1

@LaserNetUS @ENERGY @BerkeleyLab

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07.08.2025 15:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“We are applying our long-standing expertise in a type of advanced accelerator called laser plasma acceleration to shrink XFELs,” says our Staff Scientist, Sam Barber, on progress toward compact X-ray free-electron lasers

@doescience @ENERGY @BerkeleyLab

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06.08.2025 16:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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As part of a long tradition of nurturing the next generation of #ParticleAccelerator scientists & engineers, a contingent of @BerkeleyLab researchers will teach a course at the Particle Accelerator School Session

@doescience @ENERGY @lbnlengineering

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05.08.2025 15:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Discover how our researchers use #ArtificialIntelligence to help stabilize a high-power laser, promising advancements in next-generation #ParticleAccelerators, fusion, medicine, and many other fields.

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04.08.2025 15:43 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Read about the experiences of our @DOEScience SULI interns as they work with our internationally renowned scientists on cutting-edge #ParticleAccelerator research. Deadline to apply for the Spring 2026 cycle is October 1.

@LaserNetUS @ENERGY @BerkeleyLab

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01.08.2025 15:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Our July All-to-All meeting featured a science talk by Research Scientist Dan Wang, a discussion on collaboration by Stephanie Chan Shum, and an update on the BELLA Center control room by Aaron Potash. Check it out!

@DOEScience @ENERGY @BerkeleyLab

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31.07.2025 15:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“We can generate multi-GeV electron beams, and rather than it taking a kilometer, it takes meters or less to get there,” says @atap.lbl.gov Senior Scientist Jeroen van Tilborg on recent advancements in laser plasma #accelerators.

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29.07.2025 16:32 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Learn how our Superconducting Magnet Program partnered with @eesalbnl to use fiber-optic sensors to monitor #superconducting cables, opening the door for powerful new magnets for use in #fusion and #ParticleAccelerators

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30.07.2025 15:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“We are applying our long-standing expertise in a type of advanced accelerator called laser plasma acceleration to shrink XFELs,” says our Staff Scientist, Sam Barber, on progress toward compact X-ray free-electron lasers

@DOEScience @ENERGY @BerkeleyLab

Read more here

29.07.2025 15:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Our BELLA Center has demonstrated that plasma density increases as a laser pulse travels deeper into a laser-plasma accelerator channel, marking a crucial step in advancing next-generation #particleaccelerators

@DOEScience @ENERGY @BerkeleyLab

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28.07.2025 15:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Research led by our Fusion Science & Ion Beam Technology Program has used pulsed ion beams to study defect formation in silicon, offering more resilient electronics and advances in #quantum science and applications

@DOEScience @ENERGY @BerkeleyLab

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24.07.2025 15:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Discover how QubiC 2.0 @BerkeleyLab is propelling superconducting qubit technology forward. Delivering unmatched precision & scalability in qubit operations, this sets a new benchmark for quantum information science

@DOEScience @ENERGY @QSAcenter

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23.07.2025 15:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We partnered with @BerkeleyLab colleagues from @LBNL_next and @molecularfndry to take James Logan High School students around the superconducting magnet assembly, @advlightsource, and Molecular Foundry facilities

@DOEScience @ENERGY

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22.07.2025 15:13 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Exciting results! Our scientists developed a compact magnet-based beam transport system for laser-driven ion accelerators, for many applications, such as radiobiology, materials science & high-energy-density physics

@DOEScience @ENERGY @BerkeleyLab

Read more here

21.07.2025 15:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Congratulations to our BELLA Center director, Eric Esarey, for his U.S. Particle Accelerator School Achievement in Accelerator Science & Technology and @AIP_HQ Physics of Plasmas journal Distinguished Author Award

@DOEScience @ENERGY @BerkeleyLab

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18.07.2025 15:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Research led by our Fusion Science & Ion Beam Technology Program has used pulsed ion beams to study defect formation in silicon, offering more resilient electronics and advances in #quantum science and applications

@DOEScience @ENERGY @BerkeleyLab

Read more here

17.07.2025 15:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Our Outreach & Communications Specialist, Ina Reichel, joined other @BerkeleyLab colleagues at the annual Oakland Unified School District STEM Fair. As part of the fair, we offered participants a hands-on activity

@DOEScience @ENERGY @advlightsource

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16.07.2025 15:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Discover how researchers at @BerkeleyLab are driving technological innovations and advancements in theory to help unlock the potential of #fusion, which promises abundant, reliable energy

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15.07.2025 16:23 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Congratulations to Jean-Luc Vay, who heads our Advanced Modeling Program, for receiving the 2025 @IEEEorg Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society’s Particle Accelerator Science and Technology Award. Well done, Jean-Luc!

@DOEScience @ENERGY @BerkeleyLab

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14.07.2025 15:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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As part of a long tradition of nurturing the next generation of #ParticleAccelerator scientists & engineers, a contingent of @BerkeleyLab researchers will teach a course at the Particle Accelerator School Summer Session.

@DOEScience @ENERGY @lbnlengineering

Read more here

11.07.2025 15:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Our BELLA Center has demonstrated that plasma density increases as a laser pulse travels deeper into a laser-plasma accelerator channel, marking a crucial step in advancing next-generation #ParticleAccelerators

@DOEScience @ENERGY @BerkeleyLab

Read more here

10.07.2025 15:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Our Outreach & Communications Specialist, Ina Reichel, joined other @BerkeleyLab colleagues at the annual Oakland Unified School District STEM Fair. As part of the fair, we offered participants a hands-on activity

@DOEScience @ENERGY

Read more here

09.07.2025 15:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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