Fermilab's Test Beam Facility

Fermilab's Test Beam Facility The Fermilab Test Beam Facility (FTBF) is a Particle Physics Division operated, high energy beam facility devoted to Detector R & D.

The Facility is located on the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory site in Illinois, USA. Originally part of Fermilab’s fixed-target program in the 1970s, the Meson Laboratory was repurposed in the early 2000s to be an experimentation site open to any scientist requiring the use of high-energy particle beams. Following its transformation as Fermilab’s Test Beam Facility (FTBF), the laboratory is

one of only two high-energy hadron test beams in the world, and is the only such site in the United States. FTBF allows researchers to test their detectors using three beam types: the primary beam for 120 GeV protons, the secondary beam for 1 GeV pions, muons, and electrons, and the tertiary beam for 200 MeV pions and protons. Different experiments call for different energies and intensities, and FTBF strives to accommodate the needs of visiting experimenters. The facility also provides its own instrumentation to visiting researchers for the purpose of calibrating user prototypes. By comparing the results of their devices with those of the provided particle tracking instrumentation, users can ensure they implement the correct thresholds, trigger timing, and identification methods for their projects. The types of instrumentation provided by the facility include scintillator counters, multiwire proportional chambers (MWPCs), Cherenkov detectors, segmented wire ionization chambers, time-of-flight systems, Silicon pixel telescopes, and lead glass calorimeters. FTBF also provides its services to resident physicists at Fermilab itself, and has tested detector components for large projects such as MINOS, MINERvA, BooNE and SeaQuest. It is possible that the facility could have a future as a medical imaging apparatus testing site as well. The Test Beam Facility is an integral part of an active high-energy, high-intensity global effort and is kept up to date to maintain the ability to accommodate its users.

11/06/2019

Before a detector component can head to its forever home, it has to pass the test.

08/09/2017

Community Open House Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017 10 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE Tour our experiments See our accelerators Enjoy hands-on science activities Visit Wilson Hall, the prairie and technical facilities Interact with scientists in Europe, South America and South Dakota Say hi…

Starting up at the Test Beam after the summer shutdown! Excited to have CMS users in and a full control room!
11/30/2016

Starting up at the Test Beam after the summer shutdown! Excited to have CMS users in and a full control room!

That's Jen Raaf, the spokesperson for the LAriaT experiment, in our MCENTER beamline! Congratulations Jen!
05/05/2016

That's Jen Raaf, the spokesperson for the LAriaT experiment, in our MCENTER beamline! Congratulations Jen!

Each will receive $2.5 million, distributed over five years, to advance their work at the laboratory.

10/18/2015

The Test Beam Facility serves an important role in the field of high-energy physics. It allows people to come and work on developing new particle detector technologies that will help us with future experiments.

Wanda makes and maintains ALL of the wire chambers used at FTBF! Even the ones in the beamlines!
08/11/2015

Wanda makes and maintains ALL of the wire chambers used at FTBF! Even the ones in the beamlines!

What’s a typical day for you like?
A typical day at Lab 6 involves the winding, transferring, conductive epoxying or soldering of fine wires to create the planes of different types of detectors in the accelerator beam lines.

07/15/2015

It isn't your typical science fair fare: Students from Glenbrook North High School in Illinois have carried out an experiment in a way that very few high schoolers will ever get to do.

06/06/2015

Happy users getting beam and taking data

05/06/2015

The FTBF provides experiments with different types of particle beams with a range of energies. Its main purpose is the research and development of particle detectors. It is one of only two sites in the world that provides this service...

Mandy Rominsky is the New Test Beam Facility Manager!!!!
03/09/2015

Mandy Rominsky is the New Test Beam Facility Manager!!!!

A new baby was born over the weekend in our tank at the FTBF
12/01/2014

A new baby was born over the weekend in our tank at the FTBF

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