Welcome to the website of the Cyclotron Kids' 14'' Accelerator Project!

What began as a sketch in a notebook in 2006 when we were teenagers, developed into a 2MeV proton cyclotron that was funded by and constructed at Jefferson National Lab in Newport News, Virginia. The cyclotron was at first designed to be something we could build at home. But when we looked for someone to sponsor the project, we were taken in by Jefferson Lab, where we spent the next several summers at Jefferson Lab consulting experts, refining our design, making mechanical drawings, learning high vacuum techniques and RF electronics, and assembling the cyclotron. In the summer of 2010, we involved a group of Mexican students in the project, who worked with us and our mentors at JLab to develop a proton source for the accelerator.

The cyclotron is currently in the process of being transferred to its new home, Old Dominion University, where it will become a part of the university's new accelerator physics program.