After five months of down time, the Booster Neutrino Beam is once again running now that a new horn, similar to the one pictured, is installed. Photo: Reidar Hahn After five months of repairing and retooling the Booster Neutrino Beamline, on June 22 members of the Accelerator Division successfully delivered beam to the BNB. The previous horn (BNB-2) was found to be inoperable in January when it was determined its cooling was no longer working adequately. A new horn, BNB-3,…
Bob Zwaska Bob Zwaska, head of the newly formed Target Systems Department, wrote this column. On Monday, Feb. 9, Chief Accelerator Officer Sergei Nagaitsev formally instituted the Target Systems Department within the Accelerator Division of Fermilab. The TSD will design, construct and operate high-intensity target facilities and their associated systems and components for research with intense particle beams at Fermilab. It will also conduct fundamental and applied research and development to build and maintain expertise in target-related technologies as a…