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{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}'''Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory''' ('''Fermilab'''), located in [[Batavia, Illinois]], near | {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}'''Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory''' ('''Fermilab'''), located in [[Batavia, Illinois]], near Chicago, is a [[United States Department of Energy]] [[United States Department of Energy National Labs|national laboratory]] specializing in high-energy [[particle physics]]. | ||
Fermilab's Main Injector, two miles (3.3 km) in circumference, is the laboratory's most powerful [[particle accelerator]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Bruce |title=Current and Future High Power Operation of Fermilab Main Injector |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/239886364 |website=Researchgate |access-date=February 25, 2021}}</ref> The accelerator complex that feeds the Main Injector is under upgrade, and construction of the first building for the new PIP-II linear accelerator began in 2020.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |last1=Biron |first1=Lauren |title=Two construction projects reach major milestones at Fermilab |url=https://news.fnal.gov/2020/07/two-construction-projects-reach-major-milestones-at-fermilab/ |website=Fermilab |date=July 22, 2020 |publisher=United States Government |access-date=February 25, 2021}}</ref> Until 2011, Fermilab was the home of the 6.28 km (3.90 mi) circumference [[Tevatron]] accelerator. The ring-shaped tunnels of the Tevatron and the Main Injector are visible from the air and by satellite. | Fermilab's Main Injector, two miles (3.3 km) in circumference, is the laboratory's most powerful [[particle accelerator]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Bruce |title=Current and Future High Power Operation of Fermilab Main Injector |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/239886364 |website=Researchgate |access-date=February 25, 2021}}</ref> The accelerator complex that feeds the Main Injector is under upgrade, and construction of the first building for the new PIP-II linear accelerator began in 2020.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |last1=Biron |first1=Lauren |title=Two construction projects reach major milestones at Fermilab |url=https://news.fnal.gov/2020/07/two-construction-projects-reach-major-milestones-at-fermilab/ |website=Fermilab |date=July 22, 2020 |publisher=United States Government |access-date=February 25, 2021}}</ref> Until 2011, Fermilab was the home of the 6.28 km (3.90 mi) circumference [[Tevatron]] accelerator. The ring-shaped tunnels of the Tevatron and the Main Injector are visible from the air and by satellite. | ||