Easy...
A) 'Fermi' = Fermi Lab in Batavia, IL.B) 'Tevatron' = The name of the 'atom smasher' at Fermi Lab. Thus fas the largest in the world, has a 4 mile circumference, and is built underground.
C) 'CERN' = French name for 'European Organization for Nuclear Research'. It is in Switzerland near Geneva.
D) 'LHC' = 'Large Hadron Collider' being built at 'CERN' and when fully online will be the largest (most powerful) 'atom smasher' in the world with a 17 mile circumference, surpassing the 'Tevatron' at Fermi Lab.
Fermi Lab is a very cool place to visit. And on the property the have Bison roaming in the fields. You can drive around almost the whole facility. But the Visitor Center Tower is where you start and tou can see the 'Tevatron ring' outline on th eground.
I didn't know Fermi Lab would close when the LHC comes fully online, that'll suck big time.
“Fermi Lab is a very cool place to visit. And on the property the have Bison roaming in the fields. You can drive around almost the whole facility. But the Visitor Center Tower is where you start and tou can see the ‘Tevatron ring’ outline on th eground.
I didn’t know Fermi Lab would close when the LHC comes fully online, that’ll suck big time.”
I live about 20 miles from the Fermi Lab. The grounds are lovely. Ponds, some historic homes and interesting workers’ housing on the property, as well as ponds, and the herd of Bison kept there. I love to take a ride there in the fall when the leaves are changing colors, and go to stare at the Bison. I always wondered if they kept the Bison there as a first warning signal if something went wrong radiation-wise.
A couple of towns over in another direction is the Argonne National Laboratory whose properties are surrounded by the beautiful area called Waterfall Glenn. Funny, the Argonne Laboratory keeps herds of rare White Deer on their property. In my conspiratorial mind, they keep the White Deer on their property for the same reason that the Fermi Lab keeps Bison, an early warning system for radiation leaks, lol. Or maybe not lol, ......
I don’t understand why the Fermi is closing down? Is this some type of political and financial thing due to the cost of the CERN collider? Or they just don’t want the competition? Is seems so counterproductive to shut down smaller units due to this big one. There are articles stating the CERN will be closed for the entire year 2012. Sad our exploring and discoveries might be based on politics. Yuck. Thought we’d grown. Thanks for any info you might be able to add.