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A graphic of nuclei with the text "FRIB research team identifies flaw in physics models of massive stars and supernovae" to the right

An artistic picture of the chart of nuclides with the text "International collaboration sheds light on structure of superheavy nuclei" to the right

A graphic of the chart of nuclides to the left with the headline "Chromium-62 study helps researchers better understand shapes around islands of inversion" to the right

A picture of scientists in front of the SOLenoid Spectrometer Apparatus for ReactIon Studies (SOLARIS), and to the right, the text "FRIB/Argonne National Laboratory collaboration on SOLARIS instrument bears fruit"

An image showing graduate students performing science experiments as an advertisement for graduate studies at FRIB

Dr. Linda L. Horton (front right), U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC) Associate Deputy Director for Science Programs and acting Associate Director of the DOE-SC Office of Nuclear Physics (DOE-SC NP), presented a DOE Secretary of Energy Achievement Award to the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) Project team. To the right is the title "U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science presents the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams with Secretary of Energy’s Achievement Award."

The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University (MSU) is a world-class research, teaching and training center, hosting the most powerful rare isotope accelerator. MSU operates FRIB as a user facility for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC), with financial support from and furthering the mission of the DOE-SC Office of Nuclear Physics. FRIB allows MSU graduate students to engage in groundbreaking research in tandem with their coursework. Open the doors to discovery with the newest and most advanced rare isotope research facility and the world's most powerful rare isotope accelerator. Apply and inquire through FRIB’s graduate studies page at frib.msu.edu/grad.

Events

06 Dec

Public Talk Featuring David DeMille from the University of Chicago

06 December 2024 - 5:30 PM

1300 FRIB Laboratory

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08 Dec

Public Zoom Talk Featuring Doris Tsao from the University of California Berkeley

08 December 2024 - 1:00 PM

Online via Zoom

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13 Dec

Distributed Charge Compton Source And Medical Accelerator Technologies

13 December 2024 - 3:00 PM

Online via Zoom

Lumitron Technologies

Mitchell Shneider

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Across the world, accelerators are becoming more a part of the everyday life so thereâs a significant effort to shrink the overall footprint of these accelerator system from national laboratory scale machines to a footprint that is reasonable for industrial and medical applications. At Lumitron Technologies we have developed an ultracompact high gradient accelerator. Operating at X-band 11.424 GHz with a distributed charge architecture, this system can produce a high-flux, tunable, mono-energetic x-rays that are ideally suited for range of novel, medical and industrial imaging applications. The underlying electron beam used is also a suitable source of very high energy electrons (VHEE) for FLASH radiotherapy.