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Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science national laboratory. Jefferson Lab's unique and exciting mission is to expand our knowledge of the universe by studying the basic building blocks of matter within the nucleus: subatomic particles known as quarks and gluons.</p> <p>To learn how these particles build our universe, we have embarked on a journey of discovery into the heart of matter using the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (shown above). <span class="scayt-misspell-word" data-scayt-word="CEBAF" data-wsc-id="k6tt085gkjqigg9p5" data-wsc-lang="en_US">CEBAF</span> is the world's most advanced particle accelerator for investigating the quark structure of the atom's nucleus. Learn more about nuclear physics at Jefferson Lab in <a href="https://www.jlab.org/sites/default/files/researchfactsheet.pdf">Exploring Matter</a>.</p> <p>For more in-depth and technical information, see the links below. </p> </div> <div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--photo-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="pb-image"> <div> <a href="https://www.jlab.org/sites/default/files/styles/image_200x145/public/block1_src_0_1.jpg?itok=ovBxKf2L" aria-label="{"title":"Artist's conception of an electron probing the atom's nucleus","alt":"An artist's conceptual graphic showing an electron interacting with a nucleus."}" role="button" title="Artist's conception of an electron probing the atom's nucleus" data-colorbox-gallery="" class="colorbox" aria-controls="colorbox-exVBLIYqDKQ" data-cbox-img-attrs="{"title":"Artist's conception of an electron probing the atom's nucleus","alt":"An artist's conceptual graphic showing an electron interacting with a nucleus."}"><img id="colorbox-exVBLIYqDKQ" src="/sites/default/files/styles/image_200x145/public/block1_src_0_1.jpg?itok=ovBxKf2L" width="200" height="145" alt="An artist's conceptual graphic showing an electron interacting with a nucleus." title="Artist's conception of an electron probing the atom's nucleus" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="pb-title"> <div><a href="/physics">Nuclear Physics</a></div> </div> <div class="pb-text"> <div><p>From the stars overhead to the atoms in our own DNA, all matter is composed of fundamental particles — particles that cannot be divided into smaller parts. Quarks, we believe, are among the few fundamental particles in the universe. These particles combine to form the protons and neutrons found in the nucleus of the atom. Here at Jefferson Lab, we study the world subatomic to learn how ordinary matter is comprised. Click the link to learn more about the research carried out by nuclear physicists at Jefferson Lab.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--photo-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="pb-image"> <div> <a href="https://www.jlab.org/sites/default/files/styles/image_200x145/public/seminar_1_0_1.jpg?itok=2x5zFUaw" aria-label="{"title":"Theory Center Seminar","alt":"Photo depicting a young scientist presenting her research results in a physics seminar"}" role="button" title="Theory Center Seminar" data-colorbox-gallery="" class="colorbox" aria-controls="colorbox-TJxMkbC9TwU" data-cbox-img-attrs="{"title":"Theory Center Seminar","alt":"Photo depicting a young scientist presenting her research results in a physics seminar"}"><img id="colorbox-TJxMkbC9TwU" src="/sites/default/files/styles/image_200x145/public/seminar_1_0_1.jpg?itok=2x5zFUaw" width="200" height="145" alt="Photo depicting a young scientist presenting her research results in a physics seminar" title="Theory Center Seminar" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="pb-title"> <div><a href="/theory">Theory Center</a></div> </div> <div class="pb-text"> <div><p>The Center for Theoretical and Computational Physics pursues a broad program of theoretical research to promote and support the experimental nuclear physics carried out at Jefferson Lab and related facilities around the world. Click the link to learn more.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--photo-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="pb-image"> <div> <a href="https://www.jlab.org/sites/default/files/styles/image_200x145/public/casa_0_1.jpg?itok=Qqz20eLi" aria-label="{"title":"accelerator tunnel","alt":"accelerator tunnel"}" role="button" title="accelerator tunnel" data-colorbox-gallery="" class="colorbox" aria-controls="colorbox-RIb01ktiyfk" data-cbox-img-attrs="{"title":"accelerator tunnel","alt":"accelerator tunnel"}"><img id="colorbox-RIb01ktiyfk" src="/sites/default/files/styles/image_200x145/public/casa_0_1.jpg?itok=Qqz20eLi" width="200" height="145" alt="accelerator tunnel" title="accelerator tunnel" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="pb-title"> <div><a href="/accelerator">Accelerator Science</a></div> </div> <div class="pb-text"> <div><p>To study the very small, scientists need a very large microscope. The Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (<span class="scayt-misspell-word" data-scayt-word="CEBAF" data-wsc-id="k6tt087910swpximd" data-wsc-lang="en_US">CEBAF</span>) is the lab’s particle accelerator, and it is the world's most advanced particle accelerator for investigating the quark structure of the atom's nucleus. Click the link to learn more about <span class="scayt-misspell-word" data-scayt-word="CEBAF" data-wsc-id="k6tt08a4e9rn7e3vm" data-wsc-lang="en_US">CEBAF</span> and the world-leading accelerator science program that enables it.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--photo-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="pb-image"> <div> <a href="https://www.jlab.org/sites/default/files/styles/image_200x145/public/strangequark_3.jpg?itok=VG8hyhD4" aria-label="{"title":"Research result","alt":"Artist's conception illustration depicting a research result "}" role="button" title="Research result" data-colorbox-gallery="" class="colorbox" aria-controls="colorbox-BXcanEQKUBw" data-cbox-img-attrs="{"title":"Research result","alt":"Artist's conception illustration depicting a research result "}"><img id="colorbox-BXcanEQKUBw" src="/sites/default/files/styles/image_200x145/public/strangequark_3.jpg?itok=VG8hyhD4" width="200" height="145" alt="Artist's conception illustration depicting a research result " title="Research result" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="pb-title"> <div><a href="/research">Research Highlights</a></div> </div> <div class="pb-text"> <div><p>What have we learned through the research we've carried out? Click here to read about the latest research results.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--photo-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="pb-image"> <div> <a href="https://www.jlab.org/sites/default/files/styles/image_200x145/public/eic_rd_prgm/images/eic-rd-prgm.jpg?itok=_Y83CePO" aria-label="{"title":" Generic EIC-related Detector R&D Program","alt":"illustration of a particle "}" role="button" title=" Generic EIC-related Detector R&amp;D Program" data-colorbox-gallery="" class="colorbox" aria-controls="colorbox-3daSdTfZ6Z8" data-cbox-img-attrs="{"title":" Generic EIC-related Detector R&D Program","alt":"illustration of a particle "}"><img id="colorbox-3daSdTfZ6Z8" src="/sites/default/files/styles/image_200x145/public/eic_rd_prgm/images/eic-rd-prgm.jpg?itok=_Y83CePO" width="200" height="145" alt="illustration of a particle " title=" Generic EIC-related Detector R&D Program" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="pb-title"> <div><a href="https://www.jlab.org/research/eic_rd_prgm"> Generic EIC-related Detector R&D Program</a></div> </div> <div class="pb-text"> <div><p>Jefferson Lab, in association with Brookhaven National Lab and the DOE Office of Nuclear Physics, has restarted a generic detector R&D program to address the scientific requirements for measurements at the future Electron Ion Collider. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--photo-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="pb-image"> <div> <a href="https://www.jlab.org/sites/default/files/styles/image_200x145/public/magbeam_1.jpg?itok=1QsSl3hv" aria-label="{"title":"mag beam","alt":"mag beam"}" role="button" title="mag beam" data-colorbox-gallery="" class="colorbox" aria-controls="colorbox-o2_A7ez4Shk" data-cbox-img-attrs="{"title":"mag beam","alt":"mag beam"}"><img id="colorbox-o2_A7ez4Shk" src="/sites/default/files/styles/image_200x145/public/magbeam_1.jpg?itok=1QsSl3hv" width="200" height="145" alt="mag beam" title="mag beam" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="pb-title"> <div><a href="https://www.jlab.org/research/ldrd">Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program</a></div> </div> <div class="pb-text"> <div><p>The Laboratory Directed Research and Development (<span class="scayt-misspell-word" data-scayt-word="LDRD" data-wsc-id="k6tt0876en2vt93vx" data-wsc-lang="en_US">LDRD</span>) program enables the lab to respond to timely scientific and technological opportunities that also support DOE’s research and development mission. This program is a critical tool for directing the lab's forefront scientific research capabilities towards vital, excellent and emerging scientific challenges. Read more about the program here.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--photo-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="pb-image"> <div> <a href="https://www.jlab.org/sites/default/files/styles/image_200x145/public/schematic_1.gif?itok=5G2mUHGX" aria-label="{"title":"schematic of the 12 gev upgrade","alt":"schematic of the 12 gev upgrade"}" role="button" title="schematic of the 12 gev upgrade" data-colorbox-gallery="" class="colorbox" aria-controls="colorbox-zTe343JjeAU" data-cbox-img-attrs="{"title":"schematic of the 12 gev upgrade","alt":"schematic of the 12 gev upgrade"}"><img id="colorbox-zTe343JjeAU" src="/sites/default/files/styles/image_200x145/public/schematic_1.gif?itok=5G2mUHGX" width="200" height="145" alt="schematic of the 12 gev upgrade" title="schematic of the 12 gev upgrade" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="pb-title"> <div><a href="https://www.jlab.org/physics/GeV/">12 GeV Upgrade</a></div> </div> <div class="pb-text"> <div><p>Officially completed in September 2017, the 12 GeV Upgrade Project of the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (<span class="scayt-misspell-word" data-scayt-word="CEBAF" data-wsc-id="k6tt087hso1f8k0og" data-wsc-lang="en_US">CEBAF</span>) at Jefferson Lab heralds a new era to image nuclei at their deepest level. Completed on time and on budget, the $338 million upgrade tripled <span class="scayt-misspell-word" data-scayt-word="CEBAF's" data-wsc-id="k6tt08ah8hulefrd5" data-wsc-lang="en_US">CEBAF's</span> original operating energy and commissioned a new experimental area dedicated to providing insight into one of the universe’s great mysteries: why the fundamental constituents of matter, quarks, may never be found in isolation. The three existing experimental areas were also upgraded to allow the 3D imaging of the quarks in nuclei and to facilitate unique searches for new physics. Click the link to learn more about the 12 GeV Upgrade and the new journey of discovery it enables.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--photo-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="pb-image"> <div> <a href="https://www.jlab.org/sites/default/files/styles/image_200x145/public/pb-icons/Multi-LabPartnerships_0.jpg?itok=8K9VBYmk" aria-label="{"title":"Multi-Lab Partnerships","alt":"honeycomb icon of different science symbols - AI generated"}" role="button" title="Multi-Lab Partnerships" data-colorbox-gallery="" class="colorbox" aria-controls="colorbox-w8yphySH0ak" data-cbox-img-attrs="{"title":"Multi-Lab Partnerships","alt":"honeycomb icon of different science symbols - AI generated"}"><img id="colorbox-w8yphySH0ak" src="/sites/default/files/styles/image_200x145/public/pb-icons/Multi-LabPartnerships_0.jpg?itok=8K9VBYmk" width="200" height="145" alt="honeycomb icon of different science symbols - AI generated" title="Multi-Lab Partnerships" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="pb-title"> <div><a href="https://www.jlab.org/research/multi-lab-partnerships">Multi-Lab Partnerships</a></div> </div> <div class="pb-text"> <div><p>Multi-Lab Partnerships are valuable because they enable the efficient sharing of resources, fostering collaboration and innovation.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-element-container pt-20 block block-views block-views-blockcontent-photo-block-block-2" id="block-views-block-content-photo-block-block-2"> <div class="jlab-blkcontent"> <div><div class="photo-block-style200 js-view-dom-id-318656d07ee010f9685a9fafbc4f8d09698e8546eddc4208a9537a182a8d4e2a"> <div><div class="views-field views-field-view"><span class="field-content"><div class="js-view-dom-id-a67bf5db0b99574681c3651835fdac04cd53460700e21aa350c929f25afbcb36"> <div class="views-row"><div><div class="jlab-photo-block-image"> <a href="https://www.jlab.org/sites/default/files/block1_src_0_1.jpg" aria-label=""An artist's conceptual graphic showing an electron interacting with a nucleus."}" role="button" title="Artist's conception of an electron probing the atom's nucleus" data-colorbox-gallery="gallery-photo_block-671-mRTh2k6GQ_U" class="colorbox" aria-controls="colorbox-gy8tRqT_bOg" data-cbox-img-attrs="{"title":"Artist's conception of an electron probing the atom's nucleus","alt":"An artist's conceptual graphic showing an electron interacting with a nucleus."}"><img id="colorbox-gy8tRqT_bOg" src="/sites/default/files/styles/image_200x145/public/block1_src_0_1.jpg?itok=ovBxKf2L" width="200" height="145" alt="An artist's conceptual graphic showing an electron interacting with a nucleus." title="Artist's conception of an electron probing the atom's nucleus" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div></div><div><div class="jlab-photo-block-title"><a href="/physics">Nuclear Physics</a></div></div><div><div class="jlab-photo-block-text"><p>From the stars overhead to the atoms in our own DNA, all matter is composed of fundamental particles — particles that cannot be divided into smaller parts. Quarks, we believe, are among the few fundamental particles in the universe. These particles combine to form the protons and neutrons found in the nucleus of the atom. Here at Jefferson Lab, we study the world subatomic to learn how ordinary matter is comprised. Click the link to learn more about the research carried out by nuclear physicists at Jefferson Lab.</p> </div></div></div> <div class="views-row"><div><div class="jlab-photo-block-image"> <a href="https://www.jlab.org/sites/default/files/seminar_1_0_1.jpg" aria-label=""Photo depicting a young scientist presenting her research results in a physics seminar"}" role="button" title="Theory Center Seminar" data-colorbox-gallery="gallery-photo_block-672-mRTh2k6GQ_U" class="colorbox" aria-controls="colorbox-JWff9nEzBuE" data-cbox-img-attrs="{"title":"Theory Center Seminar","alt":"Photo depicting a young scientist presenting her research results in a physics seminar"}"><img id="colorbox-JWff9nEzBuE" src="/sites/default/files/styles/image_200x145/public/seminar_1_0_1.jpg?itok=2x5zFUaw" width="200" height="145" alt="Photo depicting a young scientist presenting her research results in a physics seminar" title="Theory Center Seminar" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div></div><div><div class="jlab-photo-block-title"><a href="/theory">Theory Center</a></div></div><div><div class="jlab-photo-block-text"><p>The Center for Theoretical and Computational Physics pursues a broad program of theoretical research to promote and support the experimental nuclear physics carried out at Jefferson Lab and related facilities around the world. Click the link to learn more.</p> </div></div></div> <div class="views-row"><div><div class="jlab-photo-block-image"> <a href="https://www.jlab.org/sites/default/files/casa_0_1.jpg" aria-label=""accelerator tunnel"}" role="button" title="accelerator tunnel" data-colorbox-gallery="gallery-photo_block-673-mRTh2k6GQ_U" class="colorbox" aria-controls="colorbox-0WTkb4sRGkk" data-cbox-img-attrs="{"title":"accelerator tunnel","alt":"accelerator tunnel"}"><img id="colorbox-0WTkb4sRGkk" src="/sites/default/files/styles/image_200x145/public/casa_0_1.jpg?itok=Qqz20eLi" width="200" height="145" alt="accelerator tunnel" title="accelerator tunnel" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div></div><div><div class="jlab-photo-block-title"><a href="/accelerator">Accelerator Science</a></div></div><div><div class="jlab-photo-block-text"><p>To study the very small, scientists need a very large microscope. The Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (<span class="scayt-misspell-word" data-scayt-word="CEBAF" data-wsc-id="k6tt087910swpximd" data-wsc-lang="en_US">CEBAF</span>) is the lab’s particle accelerator, and it is the world's most advanced particle accelerator for investigating the quark structure of the atom's nucleus. Click the link to learn more about <span class="scayt-misspell-word" data-scayt-word="CEBAF" data-wsc-id="k6tt08a4e9rn7e3vm" data-wsc-lang="en_US">CEBAF</span> and the world-leading accelerator science program that enables it.</p> </div></div></div> <div class="views-row"><div><div class="jlab-photo-block-image"> <a href="https://www.jlab.org/sites/default/files/strangequark_3.jpg" aria-label=""Artist's conception illustration depicting a research result "}" role="button" title="Research result" data-colorbox-gallery="gallery-photo_block-674-mRTh2k6GQ_U" class="colorbox" aria-controls="colorbox-dKNipOvmnYs" data-cbox-img-attrs="{"title":"Research result","alt":"Artist's conception illustration depicting a research result "}"><img id="colorbox-dKNipOvmnYs" src="/sites/default/files/styles/image_200x145/public/strangequark_3.jpg?itok=VG8hyhD4" width="200" height="145" alt="Artist's conception illustration depicting a research result " title="Research result" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div></div><div><div class="jlab-photo-block-title"><a href="/research">Research Highlights</a></div></div><div><div class="jlab-photo-block-text"><p>What have we learned through the research we've carried out? Click here to read about the latest research results.</p> </div></div></div> <div class="views-row"><div><div class="jlab-photo-block-image"> <a href="https://www.jlab.org/sites/default/files/eic_rd_prgm/images/eic-rd-prgm.jpg" aria-label=""illustration of a particle "}" role="button" title=" Generic EIC-related Detector R&amp;D Program" data-colorbox-gallery="gallery-photo_block-1562-mRTh2k6GQ_U" class="colorbox" aria-controls="colorbox-MNdhLDZZFWw" data-cbox-img-attrs="{"title":" Generic EIC-related Detector R&D Program","alt":"illustration of a particle "}"><img id="colorbox-MNdhLDZZFWw" src="/sites/default/files/styles/image_200x145/public/eic_rd_prgm/images/eic-rd-prgm.jpg?itok=_Y83CePO" width="200" height="145" alt="illustration of a particle " title=" Generic EIC-related Detector R&D Program" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div></div><div><div class="jlab-photo-block-title"><a href="https://www.jlab.org/research/eic_rd_prgm"> Generic EIC-related Detector R&D Program</a></div></div><div><div class="jlab-photo-block-text"><p>Jefferson Lab, in association with Brookhaven National Lab and the DOE Office of Nuclear Physics, has restarted a generic detector R&D program to address the scientific requirements for measurements at the future Electron Ion Collider. </p> </div></div></div> <div class="views-row"><div><div class="jlab-photo-block-image"> <a href="https://www.jlab.org/sites/default/files/magbeam_1.jpg" aria-label=""mag beam"}" role="button" title="mag beam" data-colorbox-gallery="gallery-photo_block-676-mRTh2k6GQ_U" class="colorbox" aria-controls="colorbox-v-HKu-ZD7mE" data-cbox-img-attrs="{"title":"mag beam","alt":"mag beam"}"><img id="colorbox-v-HKu-ZD7mE" src="/sites/default/files/styles/image_200x145/public/magbeam_1.jpg?itok=1QsSl3hv" width="200" height="145" alt="mag beam" title="mag beam" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div></div><div><div class="jlab-photo-block-title"><a href="https://www.jlab.org/research/ldrd">Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program</a></div></div><div><div class="jlab-photo-block-text"><p>The Laboratory Directed Research and Development (<span class="scayt-misspell-word" data-scayt-word="LDRD" data-wsc-id="k6tt0876en2vt93vx" data-wsc-lang="en_US">LDRD</span>) program enables the lab to respond to timely scientific and technological opportunities that also support DOE’s research and development mission. This program is a critical tool for directing the lab's forefront scientific research capabilities towards vital, excellent and emerging scientific challenges. Read more about the program here.</p> </div></div></div> <div class="views-row"><div><div class="jlab-photo-block-image"> <a href="https://www.jlab.org/sites/default/files/schematic_1.gif" aria-label=""schematic of the 12 gev upgrade"}" role="button" title="schematic of the 12 gev upgrade" data-colorbox-gallery="gallery-photo_block-677-mRTh2k6GQ_U" class="colorbox" aria-controls="colorbox--6tM1IMo40I" data-cbox-img-attrs="{"title":"schematic of the 12 gev upgrade","alt":"schematic of the 12 gev upgrade"}"><img id="colorbox--6tM1IMo40I" src="/sites/default/files/styles/image_200x145/public/schematic_1.gif?itok=5G2mUHGX" width="200" height="145" alt="schematic of the 12 gev upgrade" title="schematic of the 12 gev upgrade" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div></div><div><div class="jlab-photo-block-title"><a href="https://www.jlab.org/physics/GeV/">12 GeV Upgrade</a></div></div><div><div class="jlab-photo-block-text"><p>Officially completed in September 2017, the 12 GeV Upgrade Project of the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (<span class="scayt-misspell-word" data-scayt-word="CEBAF" data-wsc-id="k6tt087hso1f8k0og" data-wsc-lang="en_US">CEBAF</span>) at Jefferson Lab heralds a new era to image nuclei at their deepest level. Completed on time and on budget, the $338 million upgrade tripled <span class="scayt-misspell-word" data-scayt-word="CEBAF's" data-wsc-id="k6tt08ah8hulefrd5" data-wsc-lang="en_US">CEBAF's</span> original operating energy and commissioned a new experimental area dedicated to providing insight into one of the universe’s great mysteries: why the fundamental constituents of matter, quarks, may never be found in isolation. The three existing experimental areas were also upgraded to allow the 3D imaging of the quarks in nuclei and to facilitate unique searches for new physics. Click the link to learn more about the 12 GeV Upgrade and the new journey of discovery it enables.</p> </div></div></div> <div class="views-row"><div><div class="jlab-photo-block-image"> <a href="https://www.jlab.org/sites/default/files/pb-icons/Multi-LabPartnerships_0.jpg" aria-label=""honeycomb icon of different science symbols - AI generated"}" role="button" title="Multi-Lab Partnerships" data-colorbox-gallery="gallery-photo_block-2178-mRTh2k6GQ_U" class="colorbox" aria-controls="colorbox-_uYS7Rsh0us" data-cbox-img-attrs="{"title":"Multi-Lab Partnerships","alt":"honeycomb icon of different science symbols - AI generated"}"><img id="colorbox-_uYS7Rsh0us" src="/sites/default/files/styles/image_200x145/public/pb-icons/Multi-LabPartnerships_0.jpg?itok=8K9VBYmk" width="200" height="145" alt="honeycomb icon of different science symbols - AI generated" title="Multi-Lab Partnerships" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div></div><div><div class="jlab-photo-block-title"><a 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