Indian scientists come to Fermilab to assist with PIP-II particle accelerator technology
…infrastructure. As part of the agreement, India will supply components worth $140 million to the PIP-II project. This contribution was even highlighted in this White House statement (see number 10)….
Community and software applications on display at Fermilab quantum science workshop
…the average laptop’s 40 billion bits. But even a small number of qubits gives quantum computers extraordinary potential, because each added qubit doubles the computer’s memory and processing power. Yet…
New accelerator research program at Fermilab sees first beam
…concept. One area that could dramatically change the world of accelerators is the capability for generating ultrahigh-intensity beams. Roughly translated, “intensity” is the number of particles that form a beam….
Prediction for magnetic moment of the muon informs a test of the standard model of particle physics
From Nature, May 5, 2021: The established theory of the standard model, and has passed a vast number of experimental tests with flying colors. But one such test — the…
Playing pool with neutrinos
…non-CCQE events). A CCQE-like event is one that has at least one outgoing muon, any number of protons or neutrons, and no mesons as final-state particles. (Mesons, like protons and…
10 years later, Higgs boson discoverers publish refined measurements
…Run 2—30 times more than in 2012 (though they only analyze a fraction of that number). “The Higgs boson has only gotten ‘bigger’ [in the last decade],” says Fermilab CMS…
Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) creates largest 3D map of the cosmos
…“Back when I started in astronomy, it would have taken years to collect the same number of redshifts that we now obtain in as little as 15 minutes,” said Stephen…
Muon g-2 experiment results: physicists may have discovered a new force of nature
From Inverse, Sept. 28, 2021: Suspect number one at the center of the particle-filled mystery? The humble muon. Scientists at CERN began studying the magnetism of muons in the 1950s,…
Berkeley Lab researchers record successful startup of LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter detector at Sanford Underground Research Facility
…excellent care of LZ. “I’d like to second the praise for the team at SURF and would also like to express gratitude to the large number of people who provided…
Fermilab sees record performance from next-generation accelerator component
…better tools and capabilities for the science community,” said Greg Hays, the LCLS-II-HE project director at SLAC. “Increased gradient with reduced heat loads will cut the number of required liquid…