#AcceleratorPhysics
I wonder if Randall Munroe drew XKCD #3168 specifically to amuse me and @beamsandbows.bsky.social.

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November 18, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Correction and note on alt-text: in this screenshot, beta-star has not yet reached 30 centimeters.

Beta-star, in particle colliders, is a function related to how the beam oscillates transversely near the collision point (and can be used to calculate its thickness vertically or horizontally).
March 28, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Nice to see @jsynchrotronrad.bsky.social and a few folks from light sources on here.
#synchrotron
#acceleratorPhysics
November 13, 2024 at 7:52 AM
Each plate in this photo contains 4 sets of 4 permanent #magnets. Each will have 36 point measurements with a Teslameter, and 12 measurements with a Helmholtz Coil/Fluxmeter. 48 measurements/plate, lots of plates left to get baseline measurements.

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#accelerator
#physics
#science
December 4, 2024 at 1:11 AM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”

The three spirits:

Linac, booster, storage ring. #AcceleratorPhysics
December 24, 2024 at 10:35 PM
So proud to announce that my PhD student, Alex Coxe, can now be addressed as Dr. Alex Coxe!

Many thanks to his Academic Advisor, Balša Terzić for setting this train in motion, and all the support along the way.

#Accelerator #Physics #Science #AcceleratorPhysics
November 13, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Beam! In the new linac 💫🎉🎊

Canadian Light Source has accelerated beam down to the end of its new linac to the-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything (42) MeV! 🧪

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November 12, 2024 at 10:35 PM
We installed our permanent #magnet samples on tripods in the CEBAF #accelerator enclosure. These, along with those in my previous post, will be used to study how the magnets degrade in a #radiation environment.

#physics #science #particleaccelerator
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#acceleratorscience
January 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tomorrow, I'll be giving the Physics Dept. Colloquium at Old Dominion University.

The talk will be for a general physics audience, and discuss the current CEBAF machine, the FFA@CEBAF Energy Upgrade, and our permanent magnet degradation studies!

#Accelerator #Physics #Science #AcceleratorPhysics
November 11, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Spent most of the day with a crew of new #accelerator operators, assembling and organizing our permanent #magnet pair assemblies. These will be measured, and then installed in the CEBAF enclosure to see if/how they degrade from #radiation exposure.

#physics
#science
#acceleratorphysics
November 26, 2024 at 8:50 PM
A nice write up about the truly groundbreaking and unique #particle #accelerator where I was trained, and returned to work years later.

www.jlab.org/news/stories...

Jefferson Lab's CEBAF is not huge, but its impact has been for decades.

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Benchmarking CEBAF
Jefferson Lab photos by various photographers, including Aileen Devlin/Greg Adams/Kandice Carter
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November 26, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Designed for early-career professionals, university staff, students, and industry engineers, this 𝘁𝘄𝗼-𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 provides a solid foundation in beam dynamics and accelerator systems, supported by 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱-𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.

#AcceleratorPhysics #CAS2025 #CERN
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May 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Yes, a lot of infrastructure has to be rebuilt.
My community of #acceleratorPhysics got destroyed on Twitter, so it made it easier to move.

We need to pay attention to this infrastructure to make sure we don't have to lose it all if Bluesky gets similarly bought out or corrupted.
For those asking, it really is not as simple as just switching over. I have lists and hashtags and follows that took me years to compile and establish in the other place. And while this app has gained momentum recently, there is still a large portion of our readership that has never heard of it.
November 20, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Today, our summer students wrapped up their 10 weeks at @jeffersonlabva

Our crew was happy to have Veltman and Colin this summer! They did great work, and I look forward to seeing where they go next!

#physics
#science
#STEM
#AcceleratorPhysics
#AcceleratorScience
#accelerator
#particleaccelerator
August 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
If we get a few more accelerator physics people here, we could create an #acceleratorPhysics starter pack :)
November 11, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Extraordinary new book from François Méot, truly going into depth on beam optics and particle dynamics simulations, with much that you won't find elsewhere. For serious students and practitioners (and available in open access). #acceleratorphysics #accelerators #beams #synchrotron
Understanding the Physics of Particle Accelerators
This open access book introduces readers to the physics of particle accelerators and offers computer simulations
link.springer.com
November 17, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Seems like the main serious work task in #acceleratorPhysics is putting misalignments in elements. It's always been painful and I put it off as long as possible. Occasionally I actually do have to do this work.
April 2, 2024 at 8:45 PM
August 7, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Be sure to catch Chad Pennington's presentation today at 6:00 PM at the Luskin Conference Center, UCLA.

📌 "Coherent optical transition radiation from single-digit-femtosecond electron beam structure."

#AAC26 #AcceleratorPhysics #ParticleAccelerators #PhotonScience #UCLA #QLMC
July 28, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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April 15, 2026 at 7:54 AM
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April 14, 2026 at 8:47 AM
On this day in 1986, the Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron was activated at Chalk River Laboratories in Deep River, Ontario. It was the world's first Tandem Accelerator, able to accelerate most elements to 10 MeV per nucleon. It was decommissioned in 1996.
October 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
We used to have some good discussion about #particleAccelerators and #AcceleratorPhysics on Twitter. Seems to have somewhat dissipated.
February 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Model of the bunch compression section of the FAST accelerator in the OPAL code in Sirepo
www.sirepo.com/opal#/visual...
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April 4, 2024 at 11:41 PM