Projects

Building Instruments for the Future

As one of the newest, most advanced synchrotron light sources in the world, NSLS-II enables visiting researchers - also called users - to study materials with nanoscale resolution and exquisite sensitivity by providing cutting-edge capabilities. To offer these highly specialized tools, NSLS-II designs, develops, and builds beamlines, a combination of light transport lines and experimental stations, in close collaboration with scientific user communities. Each beamline at NSLS-II offers unique features, capabilities, and research techniques that allow users to uncover the atomic structure, compositional make-up, and electronic behavior of materials - often in real-time, operating conditions. The Department of Energy granted CD-1 approval to the NSLS-II Experimental Tools III (NEXT-III) Project in September 2024. The goal of this project is to build 8-12 new beamlines and supporting infrastructure over the next 10 years. This project will be executed in phases, with 2-3 beamlines being launched every 1-2 years.

Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) Project in Partnership w/ Jefferson Lab (TJL)

A unique, high-energy, high-luminosity, polarized beam collider; one of the most challenging and exciting accelerator complexes ever built. Scope includes the infrastructure, accelerators, and the detector required to meet facility requirements. The EIC will revolutionize our understanding of the inner workings of the nucleus by providing us with detailed knowledge of the internal structure of the proton and more complex atomic nuclei that is comparable to our knowledge of the electronic structure of atoms.