Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System
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The Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System (ATLAS) is a superconducting linear accelerator at Argonne National Laboratory. It is used to accelerate heavy ions, including uranium, for nuclear physics research. ATLAS is one of the major research facilities at Argonne, which is a U.S. national laboratory focused on basic and applied research in science, engineering, and technology, particularly in nuclear physics and energy. Particle accelerators like ATLAS are devices that produce beams of fast-moving, electrically charged particles for research and other applications.12
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