Title: Overview of the Edwards Accelerator Laboratory and recent activities

Abstract: Ohio University’s Edwards Accelerator Laboratory (EAL) houses a 4.5-MV tandem Pelletron accelerator with six beamlines dedicated to low-energy nuclear science and materials science capabilities. The facility can deliver intense charged particle beams in either direct current or pulsed mode with nanosecond time resolution. End stations include multiple fixed and moveable detection systems for charged particles and gamma rays to study reactions of interest for nuclear structure, nuclear astrophysics, and materials characterization. The laboratory has decades of experience in the production and detection of quasi-monoenergetic and broad-spectrum neutrons up to about 24 MeV for basic science and applications with two beamlines dedicated primarily to neutron work. This talk will give an overview of the EAL, including more detailed descriptions of the neutron production capabilities and characterization methods, highlight recent publications from work conducted in the lab, and describe synergistic activities, including undergraduate research.