From: bernie Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:10:04 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Edit page NovemberBlog X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=7627317920017d9299088c55f9c6111fd8911628;ds=sidebyside Edit page NovemberBlog --- diff --git a/NovemberBlog b/NovemberBlog index 70223f3..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 several little lakes with gooses, buffalos and various other -animals. Indeed a very pretty natural park. +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 @@ -31,6 +39,8 @@ 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. +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.