Bernstein is overseeing the Fermilab Mu2e experiment as it moves from its construction to installation phase and into a running experiment. A collaboration of nearly 250 scientists at 40 institutions that had to invent technology to get to this point, Mu2e is in an exciting phase, especially for early-career researchers who will not only construct the experiment, but also analyze the data.
Humans and robots work together in a carefully choreographed dance to maintain peak production target performance in Mu2e’s search for new physics – direct muon-to-electron conversion.
The discovery of the muon originally confounded physicists. Today international experiments are using the previously perplexing particle to gain a new understanding of our world.
The Cavalier Daily, Nov. 20, 2019: University physicists are beginning to make their mark on two multimillion dollar experiments in particle physics by contributing their research analyses to experiments at Fermilab for short: the Mu2e muon experiment and the NOvA neutrino experiment. NOvA is under way, and Mu2e is scheduled to begin in 2023.
From University of Virginia, Nov. 4, 2019: University of Virginia physicists are building major components for one of the largest and most complex physics experiments ever conducted in the United States: a $271 million particle physics project at Fermilab called the Muon-to-electron Conversion Experiment, or Mu2e.
The evolution of one of the most critical components of the Mu2e experiment, the production target, is a testament to the strength of the team putting it together.
These international projects, selected during the process to plan the future of U.S. particle physics, are all set to come online within the next 10 years.
Through an initiative that seeks to strengthen the global scientist network, European researchers contribute to the Mu2e muon experiment and Short-Baseline Neutrino Program at Fermilab.
Technicians take on maintenance and upgrades during Fermilab’s annual accelerator shutdown.
Bonventre receives the annual award for his “creative and resourceful contributions” to the Mu2e experiment.