Large, powerful magnets are a vital component of particle accelerators. The general rule is, the stronger the magnetic field, the better. For many particle accelerator applications, it is as important how fast a magnet can reach its peak strength and then ramp down again. A team at Fermilab now has achieved the world’s fastest ramping rates for accelerator magnets using high-temperature superconductors.
Fermilab senior scientist Yuri I. Alexahin, 72, died of a sudden stroke on Sept. 8 at the Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois, just miles from Fermilab, where for two decades he was a leading beam physicist. He was born on Jan. 27, 1948, in the Russian town of Vorkuta. After studying physics and graduating from Moscow State University, he worked from 1971-1988 at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia, and received his Ph.D. in…
One of the most interesting scientific topics at IOTA will be studies of beams made of a single electron.
Our achievement at FAST is a testament to the strength of the laboratory’s SRF accelerator program and long-awaited proof of the feasibility of the SRF technology at its frontier.
This year NAPAC, the largest domestic particle accelerator conference, brought together more than 500 experts in all fields of accelerator science and technology, covering the entire spectrum of accelerator science and technology topics.
Fermilab is a key partner in Cornell University’s Center for Bright Beams, which recently received $23 million to pursue cutting-edge accelerator technologies.
Valeri Lebedev Vladimir Shiltsev Valeri Lebedev, assistant head of the Accelerator Division, and Vladimir Shiltsev, director of the Accelerator Physics Center, wrote this column. In about a month we will pass the third anniversary since the shutdown of the Tevatron collider. For many of us, the Tevatron era will always be remembered for the enthusiasm of the troops, the importance of the collider program and the many ups and downs on the way to its ultimate success — and…
Vladimir Shiltsev Vladimir Shiltsev, director of the Accelerator Physics Center, wrote this column. This spring accelerator physicists celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first demonstration of colliding beams in 1964. The idea of exploring collisions in the center-of-mass system to fully exploit the energy of accelerated particles came from Norwegian engineer and inventor Rolf Wideröe, who had applied for a patent on the collider concept in 1943 (and received the patent in 1953). Others took his idea seriously, and in…
Vladimir Shiltsev Vladimir Shiltsev, director of the Accelerator Physics Center, wrote this column. The best legacy a scientist can hope to leave behind is based on fond memories, scientific papers and successful projects. The legacy of Mike Church, who served as the deputy head of the Accelerator Physics Center and retired a few weeks ago as the head of the ASTA Operations Department in the Accelerator Division, includes all of that. I had the distinct pleasure to know Mike and…
Vladimir Shiltsev Vladimir Shiltsev, director of the Accelerator Physics Center, wrote this column. Although the Tevatron was shut down more than 18 months ago, scientists continue to analyze the data it produced, discover important results and publish papers. When you read this, you probably think immediately of the scientists who are still sifting through the high-energy physics data. Well, accelerator physicists are sifting through Tevatron data as well. While the CDF and DZero collaborations continue to extract a wealth of…