Next-generation camera for the South Pole Telescope takes data on early universe September 10, 2018 Argonneastronomycosmic microwave backgroundcosmologySouth Pole TelescopeUniversity of ChicagoFermilab feature The South Pole Telescope, specially designed to measure the cosmic microwave background, has recently opened its third-generation camera for a multiyear survey to observe the earliest instants of the universe.
ProtoDUNE in pictures September 6, 2018 CERNDeep Underground Neutrino ExperimentDUNEneutrinophotographyProtoDUNESanford LabSanford Underground Research FacilitySouth DakotaSymmetry feature Twenty photos, two detectors, one goal.
DUNE scientists receive NSF grant to tackle mass production of detector components for massive neutrino experiment September 5, 2018 Deep Underground Neutrino ExperimentDUNELBNFLong-Baseline Neutrino FacilityNational Science FoundationneutrinoProtoDUNEFermilab feature The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.6 million grant to four U.S. universities for work on the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.
Patty McBride is next CMS deputy co-spokesperson August 31, 2018 CMSpeopleFermilab feature For the next two years, the Fermilab physicist will help lead the CMS experiment to push the boundaries of what is possible with the giant particle detector.
New leaders from Fermilab appointed for Dark Energy Survey August 29, 2018 Dark Energy SurveypeopleFermilab feature Rich Kron and Tom Diehl will lead the sky survey through the close of observations and into an era of full-data analysis.
LHC scientists detect most favored Higgs decay August 28, 2018 ATLASBrookhavenCERNCMSHiggs bosonLarge Hadron ColliderLHCPress release Scientists now know the fate of the vast majority of all Higgs bosons produced in the LHC.
New accelerator research program at Fermilab sees first beam August 28, 2018 acceleratoraccelerator scienceaccelerator technologyFASTFermilab Accelerator Science and Technology FacilityIOTAFermilab feature IOTA, the new test accelerator, gives researchers rich and varied opportunities to dive deep into the physics of particle beams.
Winners of 2018 Fermilab Photowalk announced August 23, 2018 InteractionsphotographyphotowalkWilson HallPress release The winning photos from Fermilab’s July 28 Photowalk have been chosen and will be entered into the international Global Physics Photowalk sponsored by the Interactions collaboration.
Chopping beam to your taste August 21, 2018 accelerator scienceaccelerator technologychopperPIP-IIPIP-II Injector TestPIP2ITresultFermilab feature A Fermilab accelerator team has designed a device that chops accelerator-generated ion beams under highly demanding conditions.
ICARUS neutrino detector installed in new Fermilab home August 16, 2018 CERNGran SassoICARUSINFNItalyneutrinoShort-Baseline Neutrino programsterile neutrinoSwitzerlandFermilab feature ICARUS now sits in the path of Fermilab’s neutrino beam, a milestone that brings the detector one step closer to taking data.
