Although accelerator technology is more than a half century old, the application of new technologies is enabling continuing advances in performance and capabilities. These new capabilities as applied are driving advances in accelerator physics, condensed matter physics, nuclear and atomic physics, molecular physics, and even biological and medical research. The field is as vital and growing today as it has ever been. Examples include ultra high gradient acceleration by lasers and wakefields for compact systems, advances in superconducting rf technology (single crystal niobium and approaching theoretical gradient limits in high purity niobium) driven by the desires of the Next Linear Collider, high average current and high brightness in Energy Recovering Linacs, two approaches to 4th generation light sources, electron – ion colliders based on the use of high collision frequencies and crab-crossing, spallation neutron generation, Muon factories and radioactive ion beams. Supporting technologies have made significant advances, too. RF generation by IOTs and solid state is growing in efficiency and power capability. Photo injectors are producing high brightness, high average current and highly polarized beams at high reliability. This talk will present a survey of the most advanced accelerator programs and highlight some of the exciting possibilities for the future..
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