 Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (often referred to as Jefferson Lab or JLab) is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory located in Newport News, Virginia. It was established in 1984 and is primarily focused on nuclear physics research. The facility is renowned for its work in investigating the structure of matter, specifically through experiments conducted using a 1-giga-electron-volt (GeV) linear accelerator.