Closing of a collider . . . and opening of a new frontier: Fermilab moves toward new discoveries
Friday, September 30, 2011 - 09:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Today, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) will shut down its Tevatron particle accelerator after nearly 30 years in operation. Named one of the top engineering achievements of the past 100 years, the Tevatron accelerated particles to almost the speed of light along its 4-mile ring, smashed them together, and studied the resulting particle showers in order to understand fundamental facts about elementary particles and forces.