Reid Vorbach
Physics Associate, EBIS - LION Group (Preinjector), Collider Accelerator Department

Brookhaven National Laboratory
Collider Accelerator Department
Bldg. 930, Room 2-3
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-2653
(516) 662-9352
rvorbach@bnl.gov
Research | Education | Publications
Research Activities
Particle Beam physics / Ion Source physics 2023 - present
Electron Beam Ion Source (EBIS) physics, Ion source plasma physics, accelerator physics, RF-cavity simulation, charged particle beam dynamics, beam emittance and space charge
Quantum Computing / Quantum Dynamics 2020 - 2023
Solid State single qubit simulation, telegraph/stochastic noise modelling (semi-classical), Open Quantum systems, density matrices and single qubit relaxation behaviors, mathematica programming
(previously involved in the Joynt Theory group (UW-Madison) here)
Photovoltaics / PV-cells 2022 - 2023
charge carrier current density simulation, organic photo-voltaic cells, spin coater operations, thin-film preparation, PV cell charactization under a solar light simulator
Education
Course credit (RF Superconductivity for Particle Accelerators); United States Particle Accelerator School 2025
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M.S. Physics (Quantum Computing); University of Wisconsin-Madison 2021
B.S. Physics; St. John's University 2019
Selected Publications
- Kondrashev S, Beebe E, Coe B, et al (2025) Commissioning of Extended Electron Beam Ion Source at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Journal of Instrumentation 20:C02050. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/20/02/c02050

Brookhaven National Laboratory
Collider Accelerator Department
Bldg. 930, Room 2-3
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-2653
(516) 662-9352
rvorbach@bnl.gov