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Physics Opportunities with the 12 GeV Upgrade at Jefferson Lab

This white paper summarizes the scientific opportunities for utilization of the upgraded 12 GeV Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) and associated experimental equipment at Jefferson Lab. It is based on the 52 proposals…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-11 Jozef Dudek , Rolf Ent , Rouven Essig , Krishna Kumar , Curtis Meyer , Robert McKeown , Zein Eddine Meziani , Gerald A. Miller , Michael Pennington , David Richards , Larry Weinstein , Glenn Young

Electroweak Physics at Jefferson Lab

The Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility provides CW electron beams with high intensity, remarkable stability, and a high degree of polarization. These capabilities…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-05-30 R. D. McKeown

Overview of Nuclear Physics at Jefferson Lab

The Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) and associated experimental equipment at Jefferson Lab comprise a unique facility for experimental nuclear physics. This facility is presently being upgraded, which will enable a new…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2013-03-27 R. D. McKeown

The Jefferson Lab 12 GeV Upgrade

Construction of the 12 GeV upgrade to the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is presently underway. This upgrade includes doubling the energy of the electron beam to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-09-30 R. D. McKeown

Jefferson Lab Science, Past and Future

The Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) and associated experimental equipment at Jefferson Lab comprise a unique facility for experimental nuclear physics. This facility is presently being upgraded, which will enable a new…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-06-23 R. D. McKeown

The 12 GeV JLab Upgrade Project

The upgrade of the CEBAF Accelerator at Jefferson Lab to 12 GeV will deliver high luminosity and high quality beams, which will open unique opportunities for studies of the quark and gluon structure of hadrons in the valence region. Such…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2010-02-25 Elton S. Smith

Future Spin Physics at JLab; 12 GeV and Beyond

The project to upgrade the CEBAF accelerator at Jefferson Lab to 12 GeV is presented. Most of the research program supporting that upgrade, will require a highly polarized beam, as will be illustrated by a few selected examples. To carry…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2014-11-18 Kees de Jager

Strong Interaction Physics at the Luminosity Frontier with 22 GeV Electrons at Jefferson Lab

This document presents the initial scientific case for upgrading the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at Jefferson Lab (JLab) to 22 GeV. It is the result of a community effort, incorporating insights from a series of…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2023-08-28 A. Accardi , P. Achenbach , D. Adhikari , A. Afanasev , C. S. Akondi , N. Akopov , M. Albaladejo , H. Albataineh , M. Albrecht , B. Almeida-Zamora , M. Amaryan , D. Androić , W. Armstrong , D. S. Armstrong , M. Arratia , J. Arrington , A. Asaturyan , A. Austregesilo , H. Avagyan , T. Averett , C. Ayerbe Gayoso , A. Bacchetta , A. B. Balantekin , N. Baltzell , L. Barion , P. C. Barry , A. Bashir , M. Battaglieri , V. Bellini , I. Belov , O. Benhar , B. Benkel , F Benmokhtar , W. Bentz , V. Bertone , H. Bhatt , A. Bianconi , L. Bibrzycki , R. Bijker , D. Binosi , D. Biswas , M. Boër , W. Boeglin , S. A. Bogacz , M. Boglione , M. Bondí , E. E. Boos , P. Bosted , G. Bozzi , E. J. Brash , R. A. Briceño , P. D. Brindza , W. J. Briscoe , S. J Brodsky , W. K. Brooks , V. D. Burkert , A. Camsonne , T. Cao , L. S. Cardman , D. S. Carman , M Carpinelli , G. D. Cates , J. Caylor , A. Celentano , F. G. Celiberto , M. Cerutti , Lei Chang , P. Chatagnon , C. Chen , J-P Chen , T. Chetry , A. Christopher , E. Christy , E. Chudakov , E. Cisbani , I. C. Cloët , J. J. Cobos-Martinez , E. O. Cohen , P. Colangelo , P. L. Cole , M. Constantinou , M. Contalbrigo , G. Costantini , W. Cosyn , C. Cotton , A. Courtoy , S. Covrig Dusa , V. Crede , Z. -F. Cui , A. D'Angelo , M. Döring , M. M. Dalton , I. Danilkin , M. Davydov , D. Day , F. De Fazio , M. De Napoli , R. De Vita , D. J. Dean , M. Defurne , A. Deur , B. Devkota , S. Dhital , P. Di Nezza , M. Diefenthaler , S. Diehl , C. Dilks , M. Ding , C. Djalali , S. Dobbs , R. Dupré , D. Dutta , R. G. Edwards , H. Egiyan , L. Ehinger , G. Eichmann , M. Elaasar , L. Elouadrhiri , A. El Alaoui , L. El Fassi , A. Emmert , M. Engelhardt , R. Ent , D. J Ernst , P. Eugenio , G. Evans , C. Fanelli , S. Fegan , C. Fernández-Ramírez , L. A. Fernandez , I. P. Fernando , A. Filippi , C. S. Fischer , C. Fogler , N. Fomin , L. Frankfurt , T. Frederico , A. Freese , Y. Fu , L. Gamberg , L. Gan , F. Gao , H. 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H. Wood , T. Xiao , S. -S. Xu , Z. Ye , C. Yero , C. -P. Yuan , M. Yurov , N. Zachariou , Z. Zhang , Z. W. Zhao , Y. Zhao , X. Zheng , X. Zhou , V. Ziegler , B. Zihlmann , W de Paula , G. F. de Téramond

CEBAF at Higher Energies

This report summarizes topics in hadron spectroscopy and production which could be addressed at CEBAF with an energy upgrade to $E_\gamma=8$ GeV and beyond. The topics discussed include conventional meson and baryon spectroscopy,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-25 T. Barnes , J. Napolitano

The Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility at 12 GeV

This review paper describes the energy-upgraded CEBAF accelerator. This superconducting linac has achieved 12 GeV beam energy by adding 11 new high-performance cryomodules containing eighty-eight superconducting cavities that have operated…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2024-09-02 P. A. Adderley , S. Ahmed , T. Allison , R. Bachimanchi , K. Baggett , M. BastaniNejad , B. Bevins , M. Bevins , M. Bickley , R. M. Bodenstein , S. A. Bogacz , M. Bruker , A. Burrill , L. Cardman , J. Creel , Y. -C. Chao , G. Cheng , G. Ciovati , S. Chattopadhyay , J. Clark , W. A. Clemens , G. Croke , E. Daly , G. K. Davis , J. Delayen , S. U. De Silva , R. Dickson , M. Diaz , M. Drury , L. Doolittle , D. Douglas , E. Feldl , J. Fischer , A. Freyberger , V. Ganni , R. L. Geng , C. Ginsburg , J. Gomez , J. Grames , J. Gubeli , J. Guo , F. Hannon , J. Hansknecht , L. Harwood , J. Henry , C. Hernandez-Garcia , S. Higgins , D. Higinbotham , A. S. Hofler , T. Hiatt , J. Hogan , C. Hovater , A. Hutton , C. Jones , K. Jordan , M. Joyce , R. Kazimi , M. Keesee , M. J. Kelley , C. Keppel , A. Kimber , L. King , P. Kjeldsen , P. Kneisel , J. Koval , G. A. Krafft , G. Lahti , T. Larrieu , R. Lauze , C. Leemann , R. Legg , R. Li , F. Lin , D. Machie , J. Mammosser , K. Macha , K. Mahoney , F. Marhauser , B. Mastracci , J. Matalevich , J. McCarter , M. McCaughan , L. Merminga , R. Michaud , V. Morozov , C. Mounts , J. Musson , R. Nelson , W. Oren , R. B. Overton , G. Palacios-Serrano , H. -K. Park , L. Phillips , S. Philip , F. Pilat , T. Plawski , M. Poelker , P. Powers , T. Powers , J. Preble , T. Reilly , R. Rimmer , C. Reece , H. Robertson , Y. Roblin , C. Rode , T. Satogata , D. J. Seidman , A. Seryi , A. Shabalina , I. Shin , R. Slominski , C. Slominski , M. Spata , D. Spell , J. Spradlin , M. Stirbet , M. L. Stutzman , S. Suhring , K. Surles-Law , R. Suleiman , C. Tennant , H. Tian , D. Turner , M. Tiefenback , O. Trofimova , A. -M. Valente , H. Wang , Y. Wang , K. White , C. Whitlatch , T. Whitlatch , M. Wiseman , M. J. Wissman , G. Wu , S. Yang , B. Yunn , S. Zhang , Y. Zhang

Continuous wave superconducting radio frequency electron linac for nuclear physics research

CEBAF, the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility, has been actively serving the nuclear physics research community as a unique forefront international resource since 1995. This CW electron linear accelerator (linac) at the U.S.…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2017-02-01 Charles E. Reece

Hadron Physics with CLAS12

Hadron spectroscopy has been an essential part of the physics program with the CLAS detector in experimental Hall B at Jefferson Lab. Production of baryon and meson resonances with high energy (polarized) electron and photon beams was…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-03-13 Stepan Stepanyan

The JLab 12GeV Upgrade and the Initial Science Program

An overview is presented of the upgrade of JLab's cw electron accelerator from a maximum beam energy of currently 6 GeV to 12 GeV. Construction of the 12 GeV upgrade project has started in 2008. A broad experimental program has been…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2012-03-13 Volker D. Burkert

The Jefferson Lab 12 GeV Program

The Jefferson Lab facilities have undergone a substantial upgrade, both of accelerator, CEBAF, and of the experimental installations. We will discuss the progress to completion of these facilities, the status of accelerator commissioning,…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2017-01-20 Hugh E. Montgomery

12 GeV CEBAF - The Physics and Experiments

In this talk the role of spin and polarization is discussed in experimental search for new excited baryon states and in the study of the internal quark-gluon structure of the proton and neutron. Also the perspective of spin physics at the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2017-02-28 Volker D. Burkert

The Jefferson Lab positron physics program

The Ce$^+$BAF project at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility intends to develop over the coming years a high-duty cycle, high intensity, and high polarization positron beam to serve a unique Nuclear Physics experimental…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2024-01-30 Eric Voutier

The Physics of ELFE

This paper presents an overview of the physics program of the 15-30~GeV continuous beam electron facility proposed by the European community of nuclear physicists to study the quark and gluon structure of hadrons. The goal of this new…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-25 Bernard Pire

Precise Beam Energy Determination for Hall A after the CEBAF 12 GeV Upgrade

Precise and accurate measurements of the beam energy delivered to the experimental halls at the Thomas Jefferson Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) is required by many experiments for proper data analysis and physics event reconstruction.…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2021-10-15 S. N. Santiesteban , L. Tracy , D. Flay , D. W. Higinbotham , D. Marchand , P. Vernin , A Saha

Physics with ELFE

A 15-30 GeV continuous beam electron facility has been proposed by nuclear physicists in Europe to study how color forces build up hadrons from quarks and gluons. This project and its physics case are briefly reviewed. The recommendations…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Bernard Frois , Bernard Pire

ELFE : an Electron Laboratory for Europe

This paper presents a brief overview of the physics with the 15-30~GeV continuous beam electron facility proposed by the European community of nuclear physicists to study the quark and gluon structure of hadrons.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Christian Cavata , Bernard Pire