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A View of the Fermilab
Accelerator Complex
Fermilab is a US Department of Energy
Laboratory located in Batavia, Illinois. The laboratory spans
6200 acres of land, just enough area to accelerate particles
close to the speed of light and still have nature close by.
The particle accelerator, the Tevatron is located inside the large circle on the photo. The ring, a circular pond, has a diameter of 4 miles! The water supplies cooling water to the Tevatron's magnets while the Tevatron is in operation. Since physicists are speeding protons and antiprotons close to the speed of light, an enormous amount of energy is created along with a large amount of heat. To prevent equipment from overheating, tubes filled with this cooling water run parallel to the magnets.
The Magnets Inside the Tevatron |
Magnets in the Tevatron keep the protons and antiprotons on track. This is all underground because physicists do not want interference from the outside environment. |
Here you are looking from the 15th floor of Wilson Hall to the KTeV Hall, located far into the distance. Wilson Hall is the main building on the Fermilab site, where it houses many of Fermilabs' offices. To the left of Wilson Hall, the Tevatron would be located . The beam would travel from the Tevatron to the KTeV site. This distance is quite a trip for the beam! The KTeV Hall is difficult to locate from this picture. However, if you look at the main road in front of Wilson Hall and follow the road, a small smear of blue buildings are seen in the far background (far left). The furthest blue speck is KTeV Hall. |
Looking from Wilson Hall to KTeV Hall |
The Path the Beam Travels from the Tevatron to NM2 |
Now, you are looking from the entrance of NM2 Hall back to Wilson Hall and the Tevatron. The beam has traveled about 450 feet from the Tevatron to this area. The raised hillside in the photo contains the pipes that transport the beam and the instruments NM2 Hall. |
Pictures Taken by
Gary F. Di Cioccio
Except of the aerial view and
Main Accelerator
Fermilab Teachers Fellowship
1998
Updated by Molly Giblin
Elmhurst College Student 1999
