fermilab 2008

a visit to the world's largest functioning particle accellerator.

camera-based linear accelleration
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looking down from the 15th floor of wilson hall
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the wilson hall atrium
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rapt
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looking along the beam path
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the raw niobium-titanium copper wire billet
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partially-drawn version of the same billet, now one-eighth the size
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dangerous blikenlights
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danger, danger, high voltage!
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bubble chamber images in the art gallery
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bob engaged in metaphotography
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apparently i need a shave
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liz
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our fearless driver, nate
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ceiling detail with sprinkler
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looking down the atrium low ceiling
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ceiling detail
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round corners are favored for high-energy applications
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these wires did not make the cut
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detector electronics
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detector electronics detail
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endcap of one of the detectors on display
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the lift
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the fermi national accellerator laboratory
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the fermilab logo from above
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atrium flags
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more atrium flags
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the pendulum of damocles
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tubes
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phil does a liz impression, and julie greencards me.
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looking down onto the grounds
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the gang gets the lowdown from our docent
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grr ohms
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a pre-tour lecture
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pull those levers!
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continental electronics logo
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this way to the main control room
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its not the GCC, we swear
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main control room
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our docent, mary, and the green group
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mr. roger's accellerator
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a mockup of the inside of the ring
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machines!
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watching the lecture
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phil, immediately before being told about NbTi wire bursting into flames
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this piggy is for science!
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*the* phil tom.
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mr. the plaque
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just after the walton-cockroft generator, on its way to the linac
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radio rad hazzard
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computers are dangerous
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ramsey auditorium
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the back wall of the ramsey auditorium
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200Mhz RF pumps
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radio frequency gear
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anode water out
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800Mhz RF pumps
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more radio gear
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liz accellerator
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waveguide detail
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oxygen-free copper acellerator cutout
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copper cutout
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the main ring
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more of the main ring
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robert in the rain
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ask-a-scientist
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lichtenberg figures, a form of charged acrylic art
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passages in the deep
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ack thbbt!
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the finest in black walnut ceiling sculpture
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the top of the hall
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looking up from below the atrium in the rain
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NbTi wire, not currently superconducting
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fermilab wiring sampler cross sections
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