During the first three years since May 2022, FRIB has been operating safely meeting expectations of both scientific and industrial users with high machine availability, while ramping up the beam power to 20 kW for heavy ions including uranium. The paper summarizes the operational experience and challenges, accelerator improvement projects, expansions in user stations, accelerator R&D and workforce growth programs, and preparation for facility upgrades*.
- J. Wei, A. Fila, A. Powers, A. Gonzalez, A. Dombos, A. Plastun, A. Gade, A. Stolz, A. Ganshyn, B. Arend, B. Ewert, B. Kortum, B. Tousignant, C. Alleman, C. Nguyen, C. Compton, C. Knowles, C. Morton, D. Kahl, D. Morris, D. Barofsky, D. Zhang, D. Jager, D. McNanney, D. Newhart, E. Wakai, E. Kwan, E. Gutierrez, E. Metzgar, F. Casagrande, F. Marti, F. Ferrell, G. West, G. Bollen, G. Lee, G. Timko, G. Machicoane, H. Cheng, H. Ao, H. Hseuh, I. Nesterenko, J. Song, J. Berryman, J. Wan, J. Brandon, J. Curtin, J. LeTourneau, J. Priller, J. Wenstrom, J. Kim, J. Guo, K. Laturkar, K. Fukushima, K. Davidson, K. Saito, K. Holland, K. Elliott, L. Popielarski, L. Wang, M. Hausmann, M. Reaume, M. Yeck, M. Cortesi, M. Mugerian, M. Ikegami, M. Wright, M. Portillo, M. LaVere, M. Larmann, M. Patil, N. Bultman, N. Joseph, N. Kulkarni, N. Hasan, P. Nariyoshi, P. Cole, P. Manwiller, P. Ostroumov, Q. Zhao, R. Zegers, R. Walker, R. Iwai, S. Di Carlo, S. Miller, S. Kim, S. Cogan, S. Rodriguez Esparza, S. Jones, S. Zhao, S. Noji, S. Rogers, S. Beher, S. Lidia, T. Kanemura, T. Lange, T. Konomi, T. Ginter, T. Glasmacher, T. Larter, T. Xu, T. Maruta, T. Zhang, V. Ganni, W. Hartung, W. Chang, X. Du, X. Rao, X. Wang, Y. Choi, Y. Hao, Z. Li
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams - A. Facco
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro - B. Sherrill, M. Smith, M. Steiner, O. Tarasov
Michigan State University - P. Hurh
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory - R. Laxdal
TRIUMF, Facility for Rare Isotope Beams - S. Prestemon, T. Shen
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Y. Momozaki
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams; Argonne National Laboratory, Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Argonne National Laboratory
About: Received: 19 Jun 2025 — Revised: 22 Jun 2025 — Accepted: 22 Jun 2025 — Issue date: 27 Jun 2025
This presentation will highlight the variety of scientific challenges that can be addressed in the field of nuclear physics with experiments enabled at heavy-ion accelerator facilities. The breadth of the discovery potential will be illustrated with recent examples from nuclear science laboratories around the world, with a focus on the exploration of rare isotopes.
- A. Gade
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams