CERN4Tevatron

The Lion King...of Lincoln Park Zoo

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Guy shot the sheriff but he didn't shoot the deputy...

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CPD officer on Michigan Avenue. The vehicle is controlled via pedal sensors. They also ride MTBs and horses... 

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working up here makes me hungry ! 

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The closest METRA station for the train to Chicago.

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They drive funny cars over here...

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The hoochie coochie man in "Blue Chicago"

Blue Chicago

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Dressed up to the nines

To access the Tevatron tunnel we had to attend 3 safety courses (with exam !) and had to wear and carry:
overshoes, gloves, a bottle of compressed air (5min. reserve), dosimeter, TLD badge and a Oxygen Deficiency Monitor (ODM, tunnel is classified ODH zone 1).

The tunnel circumference is about the size of the SPS and lies aprox. 6m underground. The blue magnet on the left is a warm dipole magnet. Close to were we stand is a test installation of a crystal collimator, which was debugged during our access.

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North side of Wilson Hall

View from 15th floor of Wilson Hall, showing the fixed target zone, CDF and the Tevatron ring

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Sunset over Lake Main Ring

The lake is in the inside area of the Tevatron and Main Ring. It is possible to jog and cycle around the whole circumference which we have already done.

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Fermilab Main Control Room

The average initial luminosity record on the LED display is already out of date...
The person in front is one of the crew chiefs.

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