Quantum and accelerator science enable mysterious dark sector searches at Fermilab
…kept filled, a cavity can contain around 10 septillion photons — a 1 followed by 25 zeroes. That’s about the number grains of sand in all the deserts and beaches…
Muon g-2 announces most precise measurement of the magnetic anomaly of the muon
…on properties of the muon described by a number called the g-factor. Theoretical physicists calculate the g-factor based on the current knowledge of how the universe works at a fundamental…
If Betelgeuse goes boom: How DUNE would respond to a nearby supernova
…left by neutrinos beamed from Fermilab as well as those arriving from space. Since a supernova emits neutrinos evenly in all directions, the number of neutrinos that DUNE could detect…
Department of Energy awards Fermilab more than $10 million for quantum science
The Department of Energy’s QuantISED grants will support a number of initiatives by Fermilab scientists and their collaborators focusing on quantum computing, sensors and communication. Photo: Reidar Hahn The U.S….
First neutrinos detected at Fermilab short-baseline detector
…source. Yet observations from a few previous neutrino experiments disagreed with those predictions. Our current understanding of neutrinos predicts that the number and type of neutrinos detected at points A…
Fermilab, United States contribute to major upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider
…number of collisions in the HL-LHC. Major work starts to boost the luminosity of the LHC The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is officially entering a new stage. Today, a…
Dark Energy Survey census of the smallest galaxies hones the search for dark matter
…model predicts many fewer small clumps of dark matter surrounding our galaxy and thus many fewer satellite galaxies that inhabit these small clumps of dark matter. By measuring the number…
Prep work to start for DUNE-related construction at Fermilab
Site preparation work starts at Fermilab this fall for the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment. Contractors will soon begin site prep where the powerful particle beam will be extracted and…
LBNF/DUNE/PIP-II/SBN articles – Mar. 2020 to Oct. 2020
LBNF/DUNE/PIP-II/SBN media articles Podcast: Neutrinos lead to unexpected discovery in basic math From Quanta Magazine, October 2020: This 17-minute podcast episode explores how three physicists stumbled across an unexpected relationship…
DUNE collaboration finalizes the blueprint for the ultimate neutrino detector
After two years of work and contributions from hundreds of people, scientists now hold in hand the blueprint for perhaps the most ambitious neutrino experiment in the world. Collaborators on…