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Test beams generally sit to the side of full-on accelerators, sipping beam and passing it to the reconfigurable spaces housing temporary experiments. Scientists bring pieces of their detectors — sensors, chips, electronics or other material — and blast them with the well-understood beam to see if things work how they expect, and if their software performs as expected. Before a detector component can head to its forever home, it has to pass the test.

A program funded by the São Paulo Research Foundation supports scientists and students to engage with Fermilab’s neutrino program.

In particle physics, the difference of a millimeter or two can make or break an experiment.

Each will receive $2.5 million, distributed over five years, to advance their work at the laboratory.