Chopping beam to your taste
A Fermilab accelerator team has designed a device that chops accelerator-generated ion beams under highly demanding conditions.
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New laser technology shows success in particle accelerators
The addition of a laser notcher to the Fermilab accelerator complex is an innovative use of familiar technology.
Aiming at a target: the science of particle production
- accelerator research
- accelerator science
- Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
- DUNE
- LBNF
- Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility
- neutrino
- NOvA
- targetry
In particle physics, the target is the site of particle creation. It’s a straightforward role with complex considerations.
FAST electron beam achieves milestone energy for future accelerator R&D
- accelerator R&D
- accelerator science
- accelerator technology
- CERN
- Illinois
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- New Mexico
- Northern Illinois University
- United Kingdom
- University of Chicago
The 300 million-electronvolt beam surpasses two key energy goals for accelerator science.
A new chapter in Fermilab’s electron lens legacy
A type of electron lens developed at Fermilab lends itself to future collider applications.
Think FAST
The new Fermilab Accelerator Science and Technology facility at Fermilab looks to the future of accelerator science.
Northwestern, Fermi National Accelerator Lab launch new research center
- accelerator science
- Illinois
- Northwestern University
- quantum computing
- SRF
- superconducting radio-frequency technology
The partnership is expected to advance a wide range of science, including medicine and energy.
The life of an accelerator
As it evolves, the SLAC linear accelerator illustrates some important technologies from the history of accelerator science.
This professor carries a Geiger counter and helps undergrads build particle accelerators
From The Washington Post, Sept. 8, 2016: When it comes to cyclotrons, former Fermilab scientist Timothy Koeth, now at the University of Maryland, is a mixture of promoter, preacher and sorcerer. Fermilab physicist Todd Johnson contributes to the Post article.
New beginning at FAST: Research accelerator reaches design beam energy
- accelerator
- accelerator R&D
- accelerator science
- accelerator technology
- FAST
- Illinois
- Northern Illinois University
The delivery of 50-MeV beam is the first step in establishing an accelerator R&D facility that will serve as one of America’s leading test beds for cutting-edge, record-high-intensity particle beam research.