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Photo of the Week - Closing the World’s Most Powerful Atom Smasher


November 1, 2011 By

After 28 years of operation, Chicago’s Fermilab in September shut down Tevatron, the world’s most powerful atom smasher. The Tevatron research program — which focused on proton-antiproton collisions — helped shape understanding of matter, energy, space and time. It also yielded breakthroughs in medical diagnostics and cancer treatment, monitoring nuclear waste and computing technology.

Shown above is Tevatron with Wilson Hall in background.

Photo by Fred Ullrich

 


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Phil    |    Commented November 2, 2011

Tevatron has unarguably not been the most powerful collider for about three years.

Bob    |    Commented November 2, 2011

@Phil. Can't argue with that.


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