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{{Short description|Particle accelerator laboratory in Newport News, Virginia, USA}}
{{Short description|Particle accelerator laboratory in Newport News, Virginia, USA}}
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{{Infobox Laboratory
| name          = Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
| motto          = ''Exploring the nature of matter''
| image          = [[Image:JLab logo white2.jpg|200px]]
| established    = {{Start date and age|1984}}
| director      = Kimberly Sawyer
| city          = [[Newport News, Virginia]], United States
| budget        = {{circa}} [[US]]$200 million {{small|(2010)}}
| type          = [[Nuclear physics]]
| staff          = 675
| campus        = {{convert|214|acre|ha|lk=in}}
| operating_agency = Jefferson Science Associates, LLC
| website        = [https://www.jlab.org www.jlab.org]
}}
{{Infobox particle accelerator
| name          = Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF)
| image          = 12gev_halld.png
| caption        = Schematic of the accelerator and the experimental halls after the 12 GeV energy upgrade.
| type          = Paired [[linear particle accelerator|linacs]]
| beam          = [[electrons]]
| target        = fixed target
| energy        = 12 GeV
| current        = 85 µA
| brightness    =
| luminosity    =
| length        = 1400 meters (7/8-mile) per linac
| radius        =
| circumference  =
| location      =
| coordinates    = {{coord|37|05|41|N|76|28|54|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| institution    = Jefferson Science Associates, LLC
| dates          = 1984–present
| preceded      =
| succeeded      =
}}
[[Image:Jlab aerial1.jpg|thumb|right|Aerial view of Jefferson Lab]]
'''Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility''' ('''TJNAF'''), commonly called '''Jefferson Lab''' or '''JLab''', is a [[United States Department of Energy National Labs|US Department of Energy National Laboratory]] located in [[Newport News, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Ware |first=Linda | title=Press Release PR-JLAB-05-4: Jefferson Lab scientists set to test germ-killing fabrics | website=Lightsources.org | date=September 26, 2005 | url=http://www.lightsources.org/cms/?pid=1000854 | access-date=October 3, 2005 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708133853/http://www.lightsources.org/cms/?pid=1000854 | archive-date=July 8, 2007 | df=mdy-all}}</ref>
'''Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility''' ('''TJNAF'''), commonly called '''Jefferson Lab''' or '''JLab''', is a [[United States Department of Energy National Labs|US Department of Energy National Laboratory]] located in [[Newport News, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Ware |first=Linda | title=Press Release PR-JLAB-05-4: Jefferson Lab scientists set to test germ-killing fabrics | website=Lightsources.org | date=September 26, 2005 | url=http://www.lightsources.org/cms/?pid=1000854 | access-date=October 3, 2005 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708133853/http://www.lightsources.org/cms/?pid=1000854 | archive-date=July 8, 2007 | df=mdy-all}}</ref>