Wilson Prize - High Power Hadron Accelerators

During the past half a century, accelerators on the hadron beam power frontier have served as workhorses to fundamental high-energy and nuclear physics studies, as neutron source platforms for scientific research and industrial applications, for isotope harvesting and medical therapy, for nuclear waste transmutation and power generation, and to service fusion energy research. Recently constructed facilities included the Spallation Neutron Source, the Japan Particle Accelerator Research Complex, and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams. This talk introduces the achievements, challenges, and future perspectives of this flourishing field.