An enormous neutrino detector named ICARUS unites physics labs in Italy, Switzerland and the United States.
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Sometimes, you can work on things for a long time, and it’s hard to measure progress. But there are other times when, suddenly, everything falls into place, and things happen very quickly!
This month we celebrate the two-year anniversary of the Neutrino Division. During these past two years, we’ve taken great strides toward making Fermilab the neutrino capital of the world.
On April 27, Fermilab broke ground on the building that will house the future Short-Baseline Near Detector. The particle detector is one of three that, together, Fermilab scientists and collaborators will use to search for the sterile neutrino.
Excavation work began in July for the Short-Baseline Neutrino Far Detector Building, which will house the refurbished ICARUS detector.
Excavation work began in July for the Short-Baseline Neutrino Far Detector Building, which will house the refurbished ICARUS detector.
Scientists from Fermilab and more than 45 institutions around the world have teamed up to design a program to catch this hypothetical neutrino in the act. The program, called the Short-Baseline Neutrino program, makes use of a trio of detectors positioned along one of Fermilab’s neutrino beams.