From Advanced Science News, August 19, 2022: A team of researchers led by Fermilab’s Jonathan Jarvis have successfully demonstrated optical stochastic cooling. This improved technique will increase the achievable cooling rate by up to four orders of magnitude and ultimately allowing physicists to spend more time collecting experimental data.
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From Yahoo news (Portugal), October 4, 2021: Fermilab is using three detectors to better understand neutrinos to study their oscillations in unprecedented detail. Scientists hope this will learn more about the “ghost particles” in the universe.
The addition of a laser notcher to the Fermilab accelerator complex is an innovative use of familiar technology.
Planning the next big science machine requires consideration of both the current landscape and the distant future.
Our accelerator team has met all of this year’s beam delivery goals, including those for NOvA, the Short-Baseline Neutrino program, and the new Muon Campus.
The first Hackathon in the Mechanical Support Department focused on ideas for accelerator improvements that are not normally addressed. Two “hacks” emerged.