Capabilities | Argonne National Laboratory

The Argonne Accelerator Institute (AAI) offers a wide range of capabilities designed to enhance the study and practice of accelerator initiatives. From Accelerator Design and Simulation to Accelerator Test Facilities, the AAI combines Argonne’s extensive accelerator resources and talent to deliver dynamic results.

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Accelerator Design and Simulation

Argonne is the home of two powerful accelerator design and simulation tools

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Hadron Therapy Research

The Accelerator Group at the Physics Division has developed a compact linac design for ion beam therapy.

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Material Irradiation with Ion Beams

An ongoing experimental program at ATLAS led by a collaboration between PHY, MSD and NE, uses fast ion beams for the irradiation of candidate materials.

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Superconducting RF

The accelerator development group operates and maintains a facility for testing accelerator devices.

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Superconducting Undulators

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Photon Source, a U.S. Department of Energy User Facility, have engineered the development of NbTi-superconductor based superconducting undulators, or SCUs.

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Isotope Production

Researchers have developed a unique method for cost-effective, high-yield production of radioisotopes used for medical, national security, basic science, and industrial applications.