From: bernie Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:52:17 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Edit page NovemberBlog X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=bfb2e5dfc5161922e523cb35dcb0e6441ca75244 Edit page NovemberBlog --- diff --git a/NovemberBlog b/NovemberBlog index daa0541..05dfbfb 100644 --- a/NovemberBlog +++ b/NovemberBlog @@ -26,7 +26,14 @@ equipment such as scintillators and Geiger's counters. Then... WAH! They guided us **inside** the [[http://linac.fnal.gov/ | Linac]]! The Linac is the LINear ACcelerator facility, the first stage of acceleration that produces protons for the MainInjector. It was like entering an old -science fiction movie! +science fiction movie. You know, like Frankenstein or Buck Rogers: with giant +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. FermiLab is no doubt the most amazing place in the world: