Detector Test Areas
FNAL Facilities
The Fermilab Detector R&D program revolves around a series of institutional capabilities, typically not available elsewhere. The types of facilities that contribute to detector research include: the Silicon Detector Facility, extensive experience in Cryogenic and Vacuum Engineering, a unique High Energy Test Beam Facility, and a talented staff to support them.
Fermilab Test Beam Facility
The goal of the Fermilab Test Beam Facility (FTBF) is to provide flexible, equal, and open access to test beams for all detector tests, with relatively low bureaucratic overhead and a guarantee of safety, coordination, and oversight.
The facility consists of two versatile beamlines (MTest and MCenter) in which users can test equipment or detectors with the only high energy, hadron test beam in the United States.
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High Rate Tracking Area
A new area for beam tests of high rate tracking devices is being developed. The new area is in the MTest beam line upstream of the pinhole collimator in M03. This area will be suitable for tests of detectors with modest transverse dimensions. In this area 120 GeV protons are available with a maximum rate of 2.5 GHz/cm2.
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Irradiation Areas
There are a few areas on site which can be used for irradiating materials. Their use comes with considerable overhead. This listing of irradiation facilities is preliminary and subject to change. Detailed Information
Area | Particle | Energy | Fluence | Spot size | Availability |
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M01 (FTBF) | Proton | 120 GeV | 9 E12 /hour | ~1 cm2 | approved by MOU |
SY Dump | Proton | 120 GeV | 6 E14 /hour | ~1 cm2 | approved by MOU |
MuCool Test Area | Proton | 400 MeV | < 3 E14 /hour | ~1 cm2 | thin detectors likely to be supported |
Neutron Therapy Facility | Neutron | ~10 MeV | ~ 6 E8 /minute | ~10 cm2 | can be accommodated when not in use for patients |
ES&H Inst Calibration | gamma | 0.6MeV | < 2.7 E16 /hour | 4 π | likely to be approved |
neutron | ~ 5 MeV | ~2 E11 /hour |
Contact Erik Ramberg if you are interested in using these areas.
Minos Underground Areas
This area is an ideal shallow testing site for Dark Matter Detector R&D. It is 350feet underground, and accesible 24hrs/day, 365 days/yr, under normal circumstances, with minimal training. The area is fully supported by Fermilab staff and resources, including network cababilites and other utilities.
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MuCool Test Area
The Mucool Test Area (MTA) is actually an Accelerator R&D area, but it can be used for Detector tests as well. Contact Aria Soha or Erik Ramberg if you are interested in using this area.
This Area uses Primary beam of 400MeV H- ions, at a maximum of 7E12 particles per pulse, at a rate of 15 Hz. The area is approved for either 100% transmission experiments or 0% transmission experiments (i.e. an experiment that fully contains the beam).
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Events
- EDIT 2013 - March 2013
- HEPIC2013: High Energy Physics IC Design Workshop - April 30- May 1, 2013
- Research Techniques Seminar
- These seminars cover technical topics including detector R&D, construction and calibration methods, test beam results, as well as data analysis methods and simulation.
- Schedule
- Fermi Today Articles
- Going Deep for Detector R&D - Dec 2012
Contact
- Erik Ramberg
- General Detector R&D Technical Coordinator
- Office: 630.840.5731
- Cell: 630.485.1562
- email: ramberg@fnal.gov
Join the Community
Interested parties are invited to join the 'detectors@fnal.gov' email list. This email list is used to inform parties interested in detector research at Fermilab, and elsewhere. Notices of upcoming meetings, talks, and conferences will be sent out to this list. In addition, periodic summaries of the work being done at Fermilab will be sent.
To subscribe to this list, send an email message to the address listserv@fnal.gov, with the following line in the body of the message:
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If you have any questions, feel free to contact Erik Ramberg.