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  The COOL’15 Workshop International Organization Committee has given Accelerator Division Head Sergei Nagaitsev the Dieter Möhl Medal. The medal, sponsored by CERN, is given for pioneering work in the construction of the first high-energy electron cooler and its application to the cooling and accumulation of antiprotons at the Fermilab Recycler Ring, contributing to the significant increase in the integrated luminosity recorded in the Tevatron during Run II. The Dieter Möhl Medal recognizes accelerator scientists for their lifetime achievements and…

Fermilab develops cutting-edge accelerator technology that can deliver the powerful, intense beams needed to study neutrinos and new physics. A crucial piece of the laboratory’s advanced accelerator R&D program, the PXIE RFQ, recently arrived at the laboratory. Fermilab is now one step closer to building a test bed for future accelerator technologies. View the 2-minute video.

The Indian Institutions and Fermilab Collaboration established in 2009 for the joint development of superconducting radio-frequency proton accelerator technology, has made significant progress in the development of PIP-II.

This year, the NSF is awarding grants to fund research on the development of bright beams at the University of Chicago and Northern Illinois University at a level of $680,000 and $560,000, respectively, for a three-year period.

Eight cavities might sound like a nightmare to the average person. But when it comes to speeding up particles, it’s an aspiration.

Last month, a group collaborating across four national laboratories completed the first successful tests of a superconducting coil in preparation for the future high-luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider, or HL-LHC. These tests indicate that the magnet design may be adequate for its intended use. Physicists, engineers and technicians of the U.S. LHC Accelerator Research Program (LARP) are working to produce the powerful magnets that will become part of the HL-LHC, scheduled to start up around 2025. The plan…

Last month, a new superconducting magnet developed and fabricated at Fermilab reached its design field of 11.5 Tesla at a temperature nearly as cold as outer space.

Thanks to science, we get more for less. We get more features on a newer car model, more data and information stored on a computer, and all for the same or lowered cost. That same principle applies to accelerator R&D, where improving the performance and lowering the cost can help open doors to new ideas. The Department of Energy recently named Fermilab physicist and 2013 Peoples Fellow Anna Grassellino as a recipient of the prestigious Early Career Research Award for…

August 16, 2011 — Alex Romanenko, a materials scientist at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, will receive $2.5 million from the Department of Energy’s Office of Science to expand his innovative research to develop superconducting accelerator components. These components could be applied in fields such as medicine, energy and discovery science. Romanenko was named a recipient of a DOE Early Career Research Program award for his research on the properties of superconducting radio frequency cavities made of niobium metal. The prestigious…