BooNE

Milestones

2008:
  January 1 1E21 protons on target recorded by MiniBooNE
 
2007:
  April 10 25m absorber repaired
 
2006:
  August 23 9e16 protons delivered in a single hour (Booster champagne goal)
  January 18 first antineutrino beam
 
2004:
  April 26 Record week (04/19-04/26) 6.83E18 protons delivered.
 
2003:
  March 28 Record day: 9.6E17 protons delivered
  March 18 Record day: 8.18E17 protons delivered
  March 06 5.5E17 protons delivered to MiniBooNE in 1 hour.
(passed the official BD 5E16 milestone)
 
  March 01 Record day: 7.3E17 protons delivered.
 
2002:
  August 24 First beam on target.
  June 26 First beam to target position.
  May 3 Oil filling of MiniBooNE detector complete.
  April 29 First protons down the 8GeV BooNE beamline.
  April 15 End of beamline civil construction.
 
2001:
  September End of PMT installation.
  July First pulses to horn.
  January Start of PMT installation.
 
2000:
  November Beneficial occupancy of detector enclosure.
  July 7 Beginning of beamline civil construction.
 
1999:
  October 15 Beginning of detector civil construction.
 
1997:
  December 7 BooNE proposal submitted to Fermilab.
some milestone snap-shots