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Wednesday, June 28 11:00 a.m. Fermilab ILC R&D Meeting - Curia II (note location) Speaker: V. Kuchler, Fermilab Title: Conventional Facilities and Siting Update 3:30 p.m. DIRECTOR'S COFFEE BREAK 2nd Flr X-Over 4:00 p.m. Fermilab Colloquium - Auditorium (note location) Speaker: C. Falco, University of Arizona Title: The Science of Optics; The History of Art
Thursday, June 29 Announcement: Heartland Blood Centers will be here for the Fermilab Blood Drive on June 27 and 28, from 8:00 a.m to 2:00 p.m. in the Wilson Hall Ground Floor NE Training Room. Appointments can be scheduled on the web or by calling Diana at x3771.
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Wednesday, June 28 -Creamy Mushroom Chicken Soup -Texas Style Meatloaf Sandwich -Chicken Wellington -Italian Sausage w/Peppers -Smoked Turkey Panini Pesto Mayo -Assorted Slice Pizza -Chicken Alfredo Fettucine The Wilson Hall Cafe accepts Visa, Master Card, Discover and American Express. |
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In July, supervisors will begin to review accomplishment reports and write performance reviews. The Performance Review form and its rating criteria have been updated as part of our continuous improvement and compliance initiatives, and supervisors can now download the new form.
More information on the performance review process is available on the Labor and Employee Relations website. It also lists the timetable for the 2006 review. If you have further questions, please contact the Employee Relations Department at extension 3326, 3793, or 4367. |
| Beam Abort: Near lightspeed to zero in 21 microseconds | ||
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| With the ability to speed bunches of particles close to the speed of light comes a major responsibility: Physicists need a way to instantly stop the beam. When conditions sour, the Tevatron enlists a computerized "beam abort" system at AZero to automatically stop beams with the kinetic energy of a six-ton truck moving at 60 mph.
"If the beams are left to circulate under bad circumstances, you can easily damage systems," said Dean Still of the Tevatron Department. "The beams poked holes in vacuum pipes and damaged a magnet in earlier days." Still says beams can lose control when the magnets steering the beams on a circular path stop working, a common event during power failures. Devices called Beam Loss Monitors detect any threatening changes in the beams and can power-up a string of five "kicker magnets" in just two to three microseconds, fully stopping the beam within 21 microseconds. Still says the kicker magnets must activate so quickly to catch the small gap between each bunch of particles zipping around the Tevatron. If the kickers are powered up too late, the beams move off-course and damage the accelerator equipment. Once energized, the magnets direct the beams downward into a solid abort block. "The actual abort blocks where [particle beams] are stopped are not as sexy as you might think," Still said. A modified Tevatron magnet, filled with aluminum and graphite disks instead of superconducting material, serves as the heat-absorbing end to each particle beam's life.
To view important components of the Tevatron, visit the online Fermilab Interactive Tevatron.
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The Beacon News June 25, 2006: And where did he get all that money? Fermilab finds bank book from 1920s On Dec. 3, 2005, a pre-Depression-era "Aurora National Bank" bank book literally fell into the hands of a worker doing floor repairs in the 1880s McKee farmhouse, one of the original farmsteads of the 6,800-acre site of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The last deposit was made on Dec. 3, 1927 - the same day it dropped out of the ceiling nearly 80 years later. Just as physicists uncover the mysteries of the universe, members of Fermilab's history committee are trying to trace the owner of the old bank deposit book, as well as how, when and why it became lodged between the floor boards. Fermilab worker Daniel Lee was breaking through the ceiling of the farmhouse's living room to repair the floor joist in a second floor dorm room when the bank book dropped to the floor, along with a bundle of ceiling material.
The small brown book has the engraving "Aurora National Bank - The Bank under the Chime Clock" and the ink is now a faded gold. The owner's name, "A.C. Logan" is printed behind a clear plastic window.
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| We donut mean to annoy you |
| In this new "Readers Write" column, Fermilab Today will run letters from our readers. Below is neutrino physicist David Boehnlein's response to Friday's donut story. We promise this
is the last time this week that FT will mention donuts.
Dear Mike [Syphers],
If you would like to submit a letter, write to us at today@fnal.gov. |
| Grammy winners Donohue and Levy to perform July 8 | ||
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Grammy Award winners Pat Donohue and Howard Levy will perform their unique mix of jazz, folk, blues and more at Fermilab's Ramsey Auditorium on Saturday, July 8 beginning at 8 p.m.
Donohue, a renowned finger picker, is the guitarist and singer/songwriter from National Public Radio's "A Prairie Home Companion." Levy is considered to be the world's most advanced diatonic harmonica player; he has performed jazz, pop, rock, world music, Latin, classical, folk, blues and country. For further information or telephone reservations, call 630/840.ARTS (2787) weekdays. Or check out the Art Series web page. |
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June 26 - 27 - Two store provided 21 hours and 8 minutes of luminosity - Linac has Klystron problems - Attempt to stash failed - Nitrogen Dewar develops leak
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Fermilab Barnstormers The Fermilab Barnstormers will have a set of trainer airplanes available to fly every Wednesday at noon, at the Model Airplane field across from the Pioneer Cemetery (rain date on Thursday). Come try your hand at flying models and learn what our hobby can offer. We will sell tickets at each session for a July raffle of a radio controlled aircraft. For further information, please contact Jim Zagel, x4076, or Rick Mahlum, x4316.
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