Facility Information

Equipment and Capabilities

• 4.5-MV tandem accelerator
• Cs sputter ion source (H, D, Li, C, and other heavy ions)
• Alphatross ion source (3He and 4He)
• Beam pulsing with nanosecond resolution
• Neutron detection (NE213, Li-glass, 3He, BF3)
• Well-shielded 30-m tunnel for neutron time-of-flight measurements
• Gamma-ray detection (Ge, NaI, BGO, LaBr)
• Charged-particle scattering chamber; Silicon lampshade array
• Charged-particle time-of-flight spectroscopy with up to 2-m flight paths
• W.M. Keck Thin Film Analysis Facility
• Neutron production, including via solid and gaseous tritium targets
• Neutron detector calibration

Facility Maps

Accelerator Lab Map

High-Energy Area

Low-Energy Area

Small Target Rooms

Articles About the Facility

• The Edwards Accelerator Laboratory at Ohio University , Z. Meisel, C.R. Brune, S.M. Grimes, D.C. Ingram, T.N. Massey, A.V. Voinov, Physics Procedia 90, 448-454 (2017).
• Neutron Source Capabilities , Carl R. Brune, Steven M. Grimes, David. C. Ingram, and Thomas N. Massey