Giorgio Apollinari

Giorgio Apollinari Giorgio Apollinari, head of the Technical Division, wrote this column. We all know the saying that practice makes perfect. But it is worth remembering that the famous coach of a football team located north of Chicago Bears territory pointed out that “only perfect practice makes perfect”—the mere repetition of activities is not a sure way to achieve perfection. Vince Lombardi understood that in practice itself there is a constant need to focus, improve and advance. Lombardi’s insight applies…

Giorgio Apollinari, head of the Technical Division, wrote this column. Giorgio Apollinari In March 2011, I wrote about the collaboration we began with CERN for the development of high-field niobium-tin (Nb3Sn) dipole magnets. Today, after less than 15 months, I am happy to report on the success the 11-Tesla project has achieved in this short period, and the potential of this technology beyond particle physics. To my knowledge, the project set a record for turning an idea for a collared…

Giorgio Apollinari Giorgio Apollinari, head of the Technical Division, wrote this week’s column. Our director has made clear several times that the future of our laboratory hinges on the consensus we can build and obtain within the worldwide high-energy physics community. This is because no laboratory (or any other societal form, for that matter) is an island in itself. Today I wish to report about interactions we have established with science communities beyond our HEP world, communities for which the…

Giorgio Apollinari Giorgio Apollinari, head of the Technical Division, wrote this week’s column. Fermilab achievements on the development of Niobium Tin (Nb3Sn) technology within the LHC Accelerator Research Program have already been illustrated in these columns. Thanks to a close collaboration between Fermilab, Brookhaven and Berkeley laboratories, the US magnet community leads the world in designing and building accelerator-worthy magnets with Nb3Sn. This technology allows accelerator magnets to achieve fields in excess of 10 Tesla (up to approximately 15 Tesla)…