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LANSCE Accelerator Modernization Project Conceptual Design Report

Lewellen, John Wesley [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000166430845)·Jones, Anne Louise [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)]·Bishofberger, Kip A. [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000235464804)·Dale, Gregory E. [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000219142848)·Dimitrov, Dimitre Andonov [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000292743631)·Alexander, Anna Marie [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000180333582)·Baily, Scott A. [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0009000933791746)·Sanchez Barrueta, Maria [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000172807290)·Braido, Anthony Jeffrey [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0009000481320897)·Bratton, Ray Edwin [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)]·Carlisle, Christopher Lee [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)]·Chrysler, Andrew Michael [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:000000031598202X)·Duffy, Leanne Delma [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000201236723)·Duran, Jesse Isaiah [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)]·Espinoza, Everett A. [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)]·Gaus, Henry John III [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000308726853)·Georgiou, Anna Helen [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)]·Gorelov, Dmitry Vladimirovich [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000245782056)·Sosa Guitron, Salvador Isaac [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000279936121)·Gulley, Mark Shannon [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)]·Grumstrup, Torben Peter [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000244702923)·Hall, Thomas Wesley [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000295172934)·Hatch, Christopher Douglas [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0009000670637965)·Henestroza, Enrique [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000246549395)·Kurennoy, Sergey S. [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000328549647)·Lyles, John T. Mccaw [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000309076178)·Medina, Jacob L. [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)]·Patel, Heny Rohitkumar [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0009000463129589)·Poudel, Anju [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000272047970)·Alvarez Prieto, Juan Diego [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0009000376215243)·Prokop, Mark S. [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000336008891)·Van Rooy, Paula Jo [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)]·Roybal, Taylor Renae Veronica [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0009000081297085)·Rybarcyk, Lawrence John [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000171586430)·Singh, Bhavini [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000296612524)·Snyder, Joseph Frank [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0009000760545773)·Sandoval, Jacob Brian [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)]·Spernjak, Dusan [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000292787685)·Thornton, Remington Tyler [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000195894606)·Torrez, Phillip Anthony [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)]·Upadhyay, Janardan [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000313640579)·Westbrook, Eric E. [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000245846646)·Xu, Haoran [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000219158647)

Abstract

The accelerator complex now known as the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) began operation in 1972 as LAMPF, the Los Alamos Meson Production Facility. In the intervening 53 years, the complex has been expanded in capability several times, both in terms of its accelerator performance and the user facilities it supports.

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Lewellen, John Wesley [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000166430845), Jones, Anne Louise [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)], Bishofberger, Kip A. [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000235464804), Dale, Gregory E. [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000219142848), Dimitrov, Dimitre Andonov [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000292743631), Alexander, Anna Marie [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000180333582), Baily, Scott A. [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0009000933791746), Sanchez Barrueta, Maria [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000172807290), Braido, Anthony Jeffrey [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0009000481320897), Bratton, Ray Edwin [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)], Carlisle, Christopher Lee [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)], Chrysler, Andrew Michael [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:000000031598202X), Duffy, Leanne Delma [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000201236723), Duran, Jesse Isaiah [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)], Espinoza, Everett A. [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)], Gaus, Henry John III [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000308726853), Georgiou, Anna Helen [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)], Gorelov, Dmitry Vladimirovich [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000245782056), Sosa Guitron, Salvador Isaac [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000279936121), Gulley, Mark Shannon [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)], Grumstrup, Torben Peter [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000244702923), Hall, Thomas Wesley [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000295172934), Hatch, Christopher Douglas [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0009000670637965), Henestroza, Enrique [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000246549395), Kurennoy, Sergey S. [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000328549647), Lyles, John T. Mccaw [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000309076178), Medina, Jacob L. [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)], Patel, Heny Rohitkumar [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0009000463129589), Poudel, Anju [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000272047970), Alvarez Prieto, Juan Diego [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0009000376215243), Prokop, Mark S. [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000336008891), Van Rooy, Paula Jo [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)], Roybal, Taylor Renae Veronica [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0009000081297085), Rybarcyk, Lawrence John [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000171586430), Singh, Bhavini [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000296612524), Snyder, Joseph Frank [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0009000760545773), Sandoval, Jacob Brian [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)], Spernjak, Dusan [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000292787685), Thornton, Remington Tyler [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000195894606), Torrez, Phillip Anthony [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)], Upadhyay, Janardan [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000313640579), Westbrook, Eric E. [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000245846646), Xu, Haoran [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000219158647). 2025-11-21. LANSCE Accelerator Modernization Project Conceptual Design Report. https://doi.org/10.2172/3005578

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