Happy Holidays! Just published in Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: We evaluated water and hydrogen outgassing from AISI 1020 low-carbon steel chambers to establish material selection criteria for next-generation spin-polarized electron guns.

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Honored to receive the AVS VTD Student Presentation Award at AVS71. Our results link materials, surface conditioning to cleaner accelerator beams and faster routes to UHV/XHV: stepping stones for Cosmic Explorer and the Einstein Telescope
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I'm grateful to have received the AVS Student Presentation Award for my presentation on Practical Considerations for Using Low-Carbon Steel for Extreme High Vacuum Applications (XHV). Thank you to #AVS, my mentors, and colleagues at ODU & Jlab for their support. #AVS70