Charge-parity violation November 24, 2015 asymmetryCP violationneutrinosymmetrySymmetry feature Matter and antimatter behave differently. Scientists hope that investigating how might someday explain why we exist.
One minute with Chris Olsen, senior particle accelerator operator November 24, 2015 acceleratorFermilab feature I’d worked at the campus particle accelerator lab all four years of college and had built a couple particle accelerators at home. I brought my own cyclotron to my interview here. I think they hired me to keep an eye on me.
Cleanroom is a verb November 17, 2015 EXOLSSTSNOLABSymmetry feature Although they might be invisible to the naked eye, contaminants less than a micron in size can ruin very sensitive experiments in particle physics.
PIP-II: Renewing Fermilab's accelerator complex November 17, 2015 acceleratoraccelerator R&DPIP-IIFermilab feature The Proton Improvement Plan II, or PIP-II, is a proposed project to improve Fermilab’s particle accelerator complex with a major hardware overhaul and a powerful boost in its capabilities.
An avian mixed bag reflects Fermilab's diverse ecosystem November 16, 2015 animalbirdecologyenvironmentnaturewildlifeFermilab feature Fermilab’s popularity as a birding site is its diversity of species, a measure of the quality of the habitat. Birders have found 287 bird species at Fermilab.
Physics Photowalk voting begins November 10, 2015 Symmetry feature Pick your favorites from among 24 photos taken during the Global Physics Photowalk.
The light side of dark matter November 6, 2015 CDMSdark matterSuperCDMSWIMPSymmetry feature New technology and new thinking are pushing the dark matter hunt to lower and lower masses.
Fermilab attains unprecedented quality factor for LCLS-II accelerator cavity November 5, 2015 accelerator R&DcavityLCLS-IISLACSRFsuperconducting radio-frequency technologyFermilab feature Members of Fermilab’s Technical Division recently achieved a record-high quality factor with a fully dressed cavity for a SLAC-headed project, Linac Coherent Light Source II.
The particle physics of you November 3, 2015 Symmetry feature Not only are we made of fundamental particles, we also produce them and are constantly bombarded by them throughout the day.
MicroBooNE sees first accelerator-born neutrinos October 30, 2015 acceleratoraccelerator complexliquid argonMicroBooNEneutrinoFermilab feature The MicroBooNE collaboration announced that it has seen its first neutrinos in the experiment’s newly built detector.
