Helen Edwards, visionary behind Fermilab’s Tevatron, dies June 27, 2016 deathpeopleFermilab feature Helen Edwards, one of the most vital contributors to the success of Fermilab over its five-decade history, died on June 21 at the age of 80.
One minute with Cleo Garcia, bison herdsman June 9, 2016 bisonpeopleFermilab feature Nobody at Fermilab knows the bison herd better than Cleo Garcia, who has worked at Fermilab for 14 years.
New beginning at FAST: Research accelerator reaches design beam energy June 8, 2016 acceleratoraccelerator R&Daccelerator scienceaccelerator technologyFASTIllinoisNorthern Illinois UniversityFermilab feature The delivery of 50-MeV beam is the first step in establishing an accelerator R&D facility that will serve as one of America’s leading test beds for cutting-edge, record-high-intensity particle beam research.
Transoceanic collaboration begins bearing fruit for PIP-II June 6, 2016 IIFCIndiaIndian Institutions-Fermilab CollaborationPIP-IIFermilab feature Fermilab’s partnership with the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Mumbai, India, recently bore its first fruit: preproduction magnets designed and built at the India laboratory. The magnets were installed and tested at the Fermilab PIP-II Injector Test Accelerator in late March.
Upgraded PIP-II RFQ successfully takes first beam May 25, 2016 acceleratoraccelerator R&Daccelerator scienceaccelerator technologycollaborationPIP-IIFermilab feature A new radio-frequency quadrupole, designed and built by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, will help provide intense, focused beams to the entire Fermilab accelerator complex.
Brazil in Batavia: How a timely invitation sparked 30 years of partnership May 18, 2016 Brazilcollaborationinternational relationsinternationalityLatin AmericaMexicoFermilab feature The Brazilian user community at Fermilab consists of nearly 80 researchers from 15 institutions working across 13 different projects and experiments.
What do theorists do? May 13, 2016 researchtheoryFermilab feature Theorists map and navigate the sea of possible particle discoveries.
Fermilab’s Latin American workshop showcases past, present and future collaboration May 5, 2016 ArgentinaBrazilCERNChileDUNEinternational relationsinternationalityLatin AmericaMexiconeutrinoProtoDUNEPuerto RicoSwitzerlandFermilab feature Physicists up and down the Western Hemisphere are fans of neutrinos, and experiments to study the subtle particle are flourishing at Fermilab and throughout Latin America.
Preparing for the sterile neutrino search: Fermilab breaks ground on Short-Baseline Near Detector building May 3, 2016 CERNconstructionItalyneutrinoSBNSBNDShort-Baseline Near DetectorShort-Baseline Neutrino programFermilab feature On April 27, Fermilab broke ground on the building that will house the future Short-Baseline Near Detector. The particle detector is one of three that, together, Fermilab scientists and collaborators will use to search for the sterile neutrino.
ANNIE finds a home at Fermilab April 20, 2016 ANNIEArgonneBerkeleyCaliforniaDavisdetector technologyIowaIowa State UniversityIrvineneutrinoOhioOhio State UniversityUnited KingdomUniversity of CaliforniaUniversity of ChicagoFermilab feature The recently installed ANNIE neutrino experiment at Fermilab will use a new kind of detector to get a fine-grain view of neutrino-nucleon interactions.
