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Fermilab Tours for Summer Interns

General Information

• These tours are intended for interns in the following programs:
  SIST, GEM, SULI, IPM, Lee Teng, DOE-CCIST,
  Italian Engineering Scholars and PARTI
• High school faculty involved in the TRAC and ACTS/TARA programs are also welcome to attend.
• Tours are guided and approximately 30 minutes to 1 hour in length.
• Interns are responsible for arranging transportation to and from the tour site.
• Tour group sizes are limited so sign up early!
• Many tours are scheduled concurrently -- it is your responsibility to check for schedule conflicts!

Tour Schedule -- Sign Up Here

Tour Locations

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Tour Descriptions

	Linear Accelerator (LINAC) This tour describes how hydrogen atoms from a tank are eventually accelerated to 99.99999% of the speed of light in the Tevatron accelerator. Highlights in the LINAC and Cockroft-Walton accelerators. Note: SIST and GEM interns took this tour in May. Meet in the Wilson Hall atrium near the main desk.
	DZERO Detector DZERO is one of two detectors at Fermilab where the proton/anti-proton collisions are analyzed in exquisite detail. Meet at the main entrance of the DZERO Assembly Building.
	New Muon Lab (NML) Check out the latest advances in superconducting RF cavities that will be used to construct the next generation of linear accelerators at NML! Meet at the south entrance of the NML building.
	NuMI Underground Travel 300 feet underground into the NuMI tunnel and check out the MINERvA and MINOS near detectors. Learn about neutrino beams and long-baseline experiments. NOTE: Closed-toe shoes are required; no sandals are allowed! Meet at the entrance to the MINOS service building.
	CDF Detector CDF, like DZERO, is a colliding beam detector located on a Tevatron. Check out the tracking wire chamber and other detector subcomponents as well as the control room. Meet at the CDF building southwest entrance (closest to the beam line and high rise) and you must have your Fermilab ID displayed to enter the building. Be sure to wear closed-toe shoes; no sandals.
	Superconducting RF (SRF) The superconducting RF cavities that will accelerate the next generation of particle accelerators are being developed at Fermilab. In the Industrial Center area, these cavities are inspected, assembled and cryogenically tested, and the tour will visit each of these areas. Meet at the IB center building main entrance.
	Grid Computing Center (GCC) GCC is home to a staggering number of high-performance UNIX servers used for analyzing data from high energy physics detectors. Check out the tape robots! Meet at the west entrance to the Feynman Computing Center.
	SiDet Facility SiDet is short for Silicon Detector. Check out the clean rooms in this facility where silicon detectors are fabricated and tested. SiDet is the final resting place for the 15-ft bubble chamber (pictured). The Dark Energy Survey imager is being built here as well. Meet at the SiDet building main entrance.
	Central Helium Liquifier (CHL) Fermilab's Tevatron requires large quantities of liquid helium to operate just a few degrees above absolute zero. CHL is where the helium is recovered and liquefied using huge compressors. Meet at the south doors of the CHL building.

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