Construction contract awarded for particle accelerator complex at Fermilab January 10, 2023 acceleratorLinac ComplexPIP-IIFermilab feature The accelerator upgrade project at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory made important progress before the end of 2022. In December, Whittaker Construction & Excavating Inc. was…
New accelerator project completes successful transatlantic transportation test December 13, 2022 collaborationPIP-IItransportation testFermilab feature The world’s most powerful neutrino beam is one step closer to becoming a reality. The Proton Improvement Plan II, or PIP-II, project reached a milestone in October when it successfully…
A minute with Sajini Wijethunga, PIP-II postdoctoral researcher September 8, 2022 peoplePIP-IIFermilab feature Sajini Wijethunga, shown in Old Town, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Photo: Jayendrika Tiskumara How long have you been at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory? I started end…
PIP-II transportation test frame is ready for action July 25, 2022 cryomodulePIP-IItransportationFermilab feature Cryomodules are essential components for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory’s accelerator complex upgrade, known as the Proton Improvement Plan II, or PIP-II. PIP-II features a brand-new,…
10 years later, Higgs boson discoverers publish refined measurements July 6, 2022 ATLASCMSHiggs bosonLHCStandard ModelFermilab feature Editor’s note: The following feature story is being published jointly by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and Symmetry, a publication of Fermilab and…
NIU students lend their engineering skills to PIP-II June 22, 2022 acceleratorcleanroomcryomoduleengineeringNIUPIP-IIFermilab feature PIP-II, the state-of-the-art linear accelerator project at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, received some help this year from undergraduate engineering students at Northern Illinois University. Every…
A minute with Abhishek Pathak, PIP-II postdoctoral researcher June 1, 2022 peoplePIP-IIFermilab feature How long have you been at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory? I joined on the eighth of November last year, 2021. Pathak on his bicycle on…
Wrocław University of Science and Technology joins global collaboration in signing PIP-II planning document with Fermilab February 3, 2022 international collaborationPIP-IIWUSTFermilab feature The U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory signed a project planning document with the Wrocław University of Science and Technology in Poland. With the signing, WUST officially joined…
Curious physics results could shed light on dark matter September 7, 2021 dark matterMuon g-2Symmetry feature
