Marty Murphy Archives

Old road at sunset

An old road beckons on a late afternoon drive around the Fermilab campus.

NuMI shutdown work pays off with record beam power

A large silver- and copper-colored metallic structure, with four silver "stripes" forming a rounded rectangle and a diamond at the bottom with a cooper circle in the center, stands in the center of the photo.

The Fermilab particle accelerator complex set a record beam power earlier this year, thanks to the high-quality work of numerous teams and individuals. The successful completion of the NuMI 2020 shutdown work prepared the target facility for this achievement.

With Muon g-2, logistics proved a sight to behold

The night the Muon g-2 magnet ring arrived on site in July 2013, it traveled westbound on I-88 from I-355. The picture here was taken from the Mill Street overpass in Naperville. The precision nature of the ring required that it be shipped in one whole piece that spanned four lanes of the interstate; the truck speed could not exceed 25 miles per hour. Muon g-2, magnet, road, Photo: Marty Murphy

The night the Muon g-2 magnet ring arrived on site in July 2013, it traveled westbound on I-88 from I-355. The precision nature of the ring required that it be shipped in one whole piece that spanned four lanes of the interstate.

The great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn as viewed from the Main Injector

On Dec. 20, 2020, on the day before the closest apparent approach, the great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn is visible from the MI-14 service building.