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    Construction of NOvA neutrino detector

    Technicians in Minnesota have begun to position the first block of the 14,000-ton NOvA neutrino detector. Check out the construction progress and watch our video about the mysterious behavior of neutrinos.

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    Dark Energy Camera installation in Chile

    A 570-megapixel digital camera, constructed at Fermilab, is getting ready to see first light and help unravel one of the universe’s most compelling mysteries.

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    Voyage into the unknown

    In the deep, dark quantum sea known as the Intensity Frontier, particle physicists expect to find everything from exotic new particles to new insights into the evolution of our universe.

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    Fermilab's Plan for the Future

    Fermilab's plan for the future outlines a diverse, world-leading research program that addresses the most important—and most challenging—questions related to research at the Energy, Intensity and Cosmic Frontiers.

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US/LHC

The U.S. has contributed $531 million to the construction of the Large Hadron Collider and its particle detectors, located at CERN in Europe. From the LHC Remote Operations Center at Fermilab, U.S. scientists will monitor the collisions produced by the machine.

USCMS

More than 900 scientists from the U.S. work on the CMS experiment at the LHC. Sifting through proton-proton collisions, scientists may find signs for dark matter particles, new subatomic forces and perhaps extra dimensions of space.

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Looking for dark matter

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For the past two years, a small bubble chamber has been on the lookout for dark-matter particles a mile underground. Now that experiment is about to get company – its big brother is moving in. The new particle detector, developed at Fermilab, will be much more sensitive to these elusive particles.

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Frontiers of Discovery

Frontiers of Discovery

At Fermilab, scientists work on particle physics science and technology that leads to a better understanding of the physics of the universe and practical benefits to society.


IARC

Illinois Accelerator Research Center

At the Illinois Accelerator Research Center scientists and engineers will collaborate with industrial partners on breakthroughs in accelerator science and translate them into applications for the nation's health, wealth and security.


Building a Dark Energy Camera

Building a Dark Energy Camera

Scientists wonder why the universe is expanding ever faster. What mysterious force is at work? By recording the light from hundreds of millions of galaxies, they hope to find out what's going on.


Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment

Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment

The proposed Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment will explore the transformations of the world's highest-intensity neutrino beam to find out what role neutrinos played in the evolution of the universe.


Project X

Project X

Project X would allow for numerous experiments at the intensity frontier and would allow scientists to develop technologies for a future machine at the energy frontier.


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P5 report

The Particle Physics Project Prioritzation Panel proposes a strategic plan for the next 10 years to address the central questions in particle physics using a range of tools and techniques at three interrelated frontiers.


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Beacons of Discovery

Beacons of Discovery outlines the unprecedented opportunities for scientific discovery available to particle physics and the potential rewards of the world’s nations and regions working together to form a single scientific enterprise.