Fermilab- UChicago Connections

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Fermilab- UChicago Connections

Pushpa Bhat (Fermilab)Fermi50 @ University of Chicago31 October 2017

Pushpa Bhat | Fermi50 @ UChicago


Given a rich tradition in physics

and the legacy of legendary physicists …

Michelson, Millikan, Compton,.. to Fermi and beyond,

it should be no surprise that the University of Chicago

would have strong influence on this frontier laboratory

in the suburbs of Chicago.

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The National Accelerator Laboratory

created in 1967,

renamed Fermilab in 1974,

opened a new frontier

in the exploration of matter and energy.


UChicago’s connections with Fermilab dates back to the

beginning of the Lab:

UChicago was one of the charter members of the Universities

Research Association (URA) in 1967.

The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) mentions the proximity

of many excellent universities in the mid-west including

UChicago as one of the reasons to select the Weston site.

George Beadle, the President of UChicago (1961-68) had a

committee (1967) on relationships between UChicago and NAL.

Throughout the past decades, many Fermilab scientists have

had joint appointments with UChicago, including our first

director, Bob Wilson.

Faculty at UChicago have held high positions at the Lab and

have influenced the research program at the Lab.

Strong and sustained connections

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Transfer of Title for NAL site to AEC

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The State of Illinois purchased the 6800 acre Weston site in Dec. 1966

and transferred the title to AEC on April 10, 1969.

The plaque handed to Glenn Seaborg, the Chairman of AEC by Illinois

Governor Richard Ogilvie reads,

“The people of Illinois proudly present their fertile acres and accomplished

talent to the nation for the development of a major laboratory devoted to the

peaceful exploration of nature by particle physicists.”

The plaque further declares that the new laboratory will be a “significant

cathedral for research and learning and an international house for

distinguished scholars.”

The Governor’s speech also mentions the first controlled nuclear reaction

“It was at Stagg Field on the University of Chicago Campus that the nuclear age was

born in 1942 with the first self-sustaining, continuous nuclear reaction.” “And now, the

construction of this 200 billion electron volt accelerator is a reaffirmation of that tradition

...”

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Enrico Fermi

Architect of the Nuclear Age

Became namesake of the Laboratory“Pope of Physics”Numerous seminal contributions to theoreticaland experimental physics

Chicago Pile-1 Dec. 2, 1942

Robert Wilson

Architect of Fermilab

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Born in Frontier, Wyoming.Trained by Lawrence at Berkeley, Worked at Harvard, Cornell,Fermilab, UChicago, Columbia

Wilson and Fermi, both leaders from the Manhattan Project

Fermi led the F (Fermi) divisionWilson the R (Research) division

Wilson with Ned Goldwasser, at the Main Ring tunnel model, Oakbook NAL Office, 1967


Weston Village Site

1967

Fermilab Campus c. 2010

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A National Laboratory on the Illinois Prairie

Accelerators built 1968-71


Cockroft-Walton750 keV

Linac170 m long200 MeV

Booster 8 GeVRapid-cycling synchrotron0.5 km circumference

Main Ring Accelerator 200-400 GeV6.4 km circumference

Groundbreaking:December 1, 1968

Accelerator Reaches Design Energy!!!


Accelerator at200 GeVMarch 1, 1972

< 5 yearsfrom start of the brand new Lab

< 2.5 years after groundbreaking for Main Ring

Wilson receives National Medal of Science 1973

Accelerator project completedahead of time, under budget!

Dedication of FermilabNAL dedicated as Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory


May 11, 1974Sen. Percy, Laura Fermi, Goldwasser


Chicago Cyclotrons at Fermilab

The magnet yoke from the cyclotron built in

1935 by Professor William D. Harkins and

colleagues at the University of Chicago, used

by Fermi for neutron diffusion studies and

later in the Manhattan project. It was moved

to Fermilab in 1978.

Giant magnet of the Chicago synchrocyclotron,

built 1947-51. Moved to Fermilab in 1971.

Used in Fermilab experiment E-98.

Modified to superconducting in 1980’s. Used in

seven experiments. Decommissioned in 1991.


Leon Lederman

2nd Director of Fermilab(1978-89)

Successfully completed the Energy Doubler and the Tevatron Collider

Professor at UChicago(1989-90)

Demonstration of second neutrino species;Discovered the b-quark at Fermilab 1977

Enrico Fermi Award 1993

Jim Cronin One of his reasons to come to U Chicago in 1971

was the energy frontier machine that was being

built at the National Accelerator Laboratory.


Discovery of CP violation in neutral K decays, 1964Nobel Prize to Cronin and Fitch, in 1980


Early fixed target Era

Kaon physics

Particle production at high pT

Muon pair production

Muon Deep inelastic scattering

Neutrino physics

Kaons at the Tevatron (KTeV)

Direct CP violation experiment

Cronin, Winstein, Telegdi, Anderson,

Pilcher, Frisch, Shochet, Wah, Oreglia,

Merritt, Blucher, etc.

Fixed Target Era Experiments


Bruce WinsteinSpokesperson of KTeV ExperimentObserving Direct CP Violation

Valentine Telegdi


J. J. Sakurai became the first “professor of the month” in

the Fermilab Theory department in 1969

Subsequent professors included C.N. Yang and T.D. Lee.

Benjamin Lee was the Head of the Theory Department at

Fermilab and Professor at EFI at UChicago, 1971 -77.

Several theorists from the Lab have held visiting

professorships or joint appointments

Chris Hill, Chris Quigg, Joe Lykken, Marcela Carena

Particle Theory Connections



UChicago Leaders of the Tevatron Collider Era: CDF

Henry Frisch Melvyn ShochetCDF Co-Spokesperson

Young-Kee Kim CDF Co-Spokesperson

Deputy Director, FermilabJuly 2006 – June 2013


John Carlstrom Craig HoganJosh Frieman Scott DodelsonStephen Kent Dan HooperRichard Kron Brad Benson

Rocky Kolb, Michael Turnersuccessfully established the Center

David Schramm

David Schramm and Leon Lederman set the stage forestablishing the Astroparticle physics center at Fermilab

Stars of the Cosmic Frontier


University of Chicago physicists are involved in

leading roles in many current experiments and

future Fermilab program

Neutrino program including the Fermilab flagship

Neutrino experiment DUNE

Accelerator Science and Developing Technology

for Future Accelerators

Superconducting RF, High Field Magnets, Bright

Beams Innovation

Sergei Nagaitsev and others

The Chicago Quantum Exchange

A collaboration between UChicago, Fermilab,

Argonne

Present and Future Programs


Ed BlucherCo-Spokesperson,DUNE Collaboration


In 2007, 40 years after Fermilab’s

inception, the University of

Chicago partnered with URA to

form Fermi Research Alliance and

took on a major role in the

management of Fermilab

URA had managed Fermilab,

since its inception, for 40 years.

UChicago has been managing the

Argonne National Laboratory

since its inception in 1946.

Great opportunities for stronger

ties and collaborations between

UofC, Fermilab, Argonne.

UChicago aims for Greater Impact: FRA


Robert Zimmer, President, UChicago & FRA

Eric IsaacsVP for Research and National Labs


Fermilab reigned supreme, at the energy frontier, as the

world’s premier particle physics laboratory for decades. It is

making great strides at the intensity and cosmic frontiers.

It has a glorious past, having discovered three elementary

particles – the bottom quark, top quark and tau-neutrino. We

are building a vibrant future in which UChicago is playing a

critical role.

If we have the same passion for science, bold vision,

audacity to dream big, and an unflinching commitment, as did

Fermi and Wilson, the glorious past might just be a prologue

to a more exciting future.

Bold Initiatives for the Future

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Wilson’s dream machine for Fermilab Site

Pentevac

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5 TeV pon 5 TeV pbar

100 km VLHC/VLEP at Fermilab ?

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http://arxiv.org/pdf/1306.2369v1.pdf

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