The campaign to demonstrate 10 MV/m
accelerating gradient in the SRF
cavities of
the e-linac injector and accelerator cryomodules achieved
two critically important milestones, each meeting or exceeding design specification!
The Honourable Ed Holder,
Minister of State for Science and Technology, announced Dr. Gilles Gerbier
as the new Canada Excellence Research Chair in particle astrophysics at Queen’s
University, a TRIUMF member institution.
With astonishing speed, the
E-Linac beam line was installed in the ARIEL tunnel. A key synergy between three offices on site, the Design Office, the Machine Shop, and the
Beam Lines Group, resulted in a precise, accurate, and speedy installation.
His Excellency Rafael Barak, Israel’s
Ambassador to Canada, visited TRIUMF to foster
cooperation and derive benefit from the rich history of peaceful collaboration
between Israel and TRIUMF.
Iris
Dillmann, a research scientist at TRIUMF, was awarded a five-year NSERC Individual Discovery
Grant to support her research of neutron-rich exotic isotopes titled
“Beta-delayed neutron measurements for nuclear astrophysics.”
August 29th
marked the final push for cable pulling efforts for ARIEL’s e-linac. Over 1,400 cables
have been gathered, pulled, and connected from the e-hall roof and are ready to
power and control the accelerator!
Scientists from TRIUMF and the Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory published a paper in the prestigious Physical Review Letters outlining
a technique which for the first time enables researchers to analyze systems of
three nuclear clusters in relative motion.
With the mass efforts building in the Electron Hall
this year, many components of the e-linac are in position and ready for operation.
Klystron One and Klystron Two, the high-power continuous wave klystrons,
are ready to power the cryomodules of the e-linac.
Get to know Alfredo Poves during his sabbatical at TRIUMF. Alfredo joins
us until the end of October and is here to inspire collaboration and
continue research on nuclear structure. He has a keen interest in the
very exotic decay of nuclei emitting two electrons and no neutrinos.
On
August 25, the Honourable Ed Holder visited TRIUMF to met with members of the leadership team, including Director Jonathan Bagger, as well as researchers,
engineers, and technicians during a tour of ARIEL. From STEM education to "Made in Canada" technolgy, the Minister had a peek into TRIUMF's full program.