X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NovemberBlog;h=2c7216d3a43bf11dc50f9e87b54fa94dd26f22e5;hp=05dfbfb01c32ed0220bd60a72bf382416ffb36ae;hb=7627317920017d9299088c55f9c6111fd8911628;hpb=bfb2e5dfc5161922e523cb35dcb0e6441ca75244 diff --git a/NovemberBlog b/NovemberBlog index 05dfbfb..2c7216d 100644 --- a/NovemberBlog +++ b/NovemberBlog @@ -14,14 +14,22 @@ UsAirways plane to ChicagoOHare through Philadelphia. ==== Trip To Fermilab ==== -Refer to the [[http://www.fnal.gov/pub/visiting/map/site.html | Fermilab map]] +Refer to the [[http://www.fnal.gov/pub/visiting/map/site.html | Fermilab map]]. My friend lives in a coed apartment in the Fermilab village, which is -surrounded by buffalos and various other animals, little lakes and bike paths. -Indeed very pretty. +surrounded by several little lakes with gooses, buffalo and various other +animals. Indeed, a very pretty natural park. -On Saturday, I took a guided site tour, starting from the museum. They -have lots of real-scale models of the accelerator parts and really working -equipment such as scintillators and Geiger's counters. +http://www-bd.fnal.gov/wao/fermipics/94-0470-09.jpg + +On Saturday, I took a bike and rode on the bike path to the main +laboratory buildings. I took a guided site tour, starting from the +museum. They have lots of real-scale models of the accelerator parts +and really working equipment such as scintillators and Geiger's counters. + +Then we visited the Wilson Hall, a 16 floors building shaped like Goldrake's +and Mazinger's atomic base. + +http://www-bd.fnal.gov/wao/fermipics/99-0005-04.jpg Then... WAH! They guided us **inside** the [[http://linac.fnal.gov/ | Linac]]! The Linac is the LINear ACcelerator facility, the first stage of acceleration @@ -31,9 +39,12 @@ Tesla generators, panels with flashing lights and indicators...Buck Rogers The continuous buzz reminded us that the proton beam was shooting through this long corridor next to me. -At the end of the tour, we visited the MainControlRoom, from which they -run the whole thing. The room looks like the bridge of an old starship, -surrounded by monitors, with a bigger chair in the middle for the captain. +http://www-bd.fnal.gov/wao/fermipics/93-0073.jpg + +Finally, we visited the MainControlRoom, from which they run the whole thing. +The room looks like the bridge of an old starship, surrounded by monitors, +with a bigger chair in the middle for the captain. + FermiLab is no doubt the most amazing place in the world: