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Tuesday, November 14
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Tuesday, November 14 -Golden Broccoli and Cheese -Cheesy Greek Squeeze -Coconut Crusted Tilapia -Toasted Almond Chicken Salad on Crossaint -Spaghetti with Meatballs -Assorted Slice Pizza -Chicken Fajitas |
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Fermilab has a new hole in the ground--a 7 meter deep hole to be precise. While a very large rabbit on site might find that it makes for a cozy home, this hole located in the Industrial Building is the start of construction for the lab's first Vertical Test Stand for qualifying superconducting cavities for the International Linear Collider.
Starting in mid-2007, Fermilab will use this vertical test stand to test bare 1.3 Ghz 9-cell niobium cavities. During a vertical test, physicists apply an RF voltage to a superconducting cavity and measure the Q (or quality) factor--a measure of the rate of energy loss. A high Q factor means that the cavity will better retain the energy pumped into it--a desirable outcome from the vertical test stand process. In order for the ILC to smash together electrons and positrons at a high energy of 500 GeV, the superconducting cavities must produce high electric fields to accelerate the particles. A good Q factor means they will do this as efficiently as possible, without large energy losses to the cryogenics system. The vertical test stand thus becomes part of the qualification process for determining that the cavities meet all of the extraordinary needs of the ILC. Vertical tests also serve to verify whether the cavity preparation procedures are sufficient.
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Chicago Tribune,
November 11, 2006: The 18-mile road to the future The Chicago area is home to two of the greatest research laboratories in the world--Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia and Argonne National Laboratory near Lemont. They are separated by less than 18 miles, but now will be linked for the first time by a common parent--the University of Chicago. Bringing these two great labs together under one leadership umbrella comes at a critical moment. It has huge implications not only for an important industry in Chicago that generates nearly 5,000 jobs, but also for U.S. pre-eminence in global scientific research.
Both research facilities are owned and their operations are funded by the Department of Energy. The U. of C. has operated Argonne for the government since that lab was founded 60 years ago. The U. of C. has always been a member of the group of 90 universities that operate the 39-year-old Fermilab, but now it will take the lead role there as well, the DOE has decided. The U. of C. will operate Fermi in partnership with the university consortium under the newly created Fermi Research Alliance. Drawing on additional local excellence, the heads of the University of Illinois, Northwestern University, the Illinois Institute of Technology and Northern Illinois University also will serve on the board.
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Later today, at the celebration of the 75th anniversary of
Following this model, other laboratories were created during and following World War II. Fermilab, established in the late 1960s, is a relative newcomer to the DOE system of laboratories. All these laboratories share values and characteristics that have served the nation well over the years and that provide a guide towards the future contributions they will make to the nation's scientific enterprise. Foremost among those values is that of team science--necessary to carry out large-scale research. The field of particle physics has been at the forefront of team science. Today all the accelerators and detectors at the frontier of exploration are tackled with large teams based on broad national and international collaborations. These teams bring many different disciplines to accomplish their scientific goals. This model has been carried to other disciplines as well. At light sources, large research teams develop the sophisticated beamlines and detectors. The human genome project was organized as a world collaboration with many similarities to the large particle experiments we are familiar with. A key element of this team approach is the close connection of the national laboratories to the universities. Not only are universities involved in managing many national laboratories, but the relationship between researchers at universities and the facilities and researchers at the laboratories has created an enterprise of great effectiveness. Fermilab, as the only DOE laboratory solely devoted to particle physics, has a great responsibility to support the national universities in the development of the nation's particle physics program. |
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November 10 -13 - Three stores provided 55 hours and 34 minutes of luminosity - Recycler has emittance problem - Cable for Booster chopper fails - Pbar LCW leak
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