Fermilab — Excursions Into Matter, Space and Time 71
An anonymous reader writes "Fermilab is one of the great physics research facilities in the U.S. It is mainly known for its Tevatron proton/anti-proton accelerator to help physicists understand how materials interact with each other. TG Daily has a extensive article detailing Fermilab's accelerator chain and the work that is being done there. It's an interesting read, especially since many of us won't have a chance to visit Fermilab and the fact that the Tevatron accelerator is scheduled to be shut down next year."
Not like Fermilab is shutting down (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Fermilab Bison (Score:5, Informative)
Bisons
6800 acres of land provide lots of opportunity to preserve vegetation and wildlife. Arriving at Fermilab through its signature gate in fact feels much more like arriving at a park rather than a high-energy research site. Vegetation is brought back to its original prairie state; wildlife includes 277 bird species, 54 species of butterflies, about 18,000 Canada geese during migration cycles, more than 350 deers - and 45 bisons.
Re:Fermilab Bison (Score:2, Informative)
I think security clamped down suddenly after 9/11.
If anyone's interested in some of Fermilab's history and culture, check out Leon Lederman's "The God Particle".
Re:Good followup to the LHC story (Score:3, Informative)
Just because the detector isn't physically located at FNAL doesn't mean their contribution isn't significant. The whole design for grid-computing is that a physicist can be just as effective on their laptop in Starbucks as sitting next to the detector.
A lot of brain power is still there. They're great people to work with too.