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Fermilab

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (branded as Fermilab) is a national laboratory for high-energy particle physics, located in Batavia, Illinois, United States, near Chicago. It is sponsored by the United States Department of Energy and operated by the University of Chicago through the subordinate Fermi Forward Discovery Group LLC.

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Laboratory.name: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Laboratory.logo: Fermilab logo.svg
Laboratory.image: Fermilab satellite.gif
Laboratory.image_size: 246
Laboratory.caption: A satellite view of Fermilab. The two circular structures are the Main Injector Ring (smaller) and Tevatron (larger).
Laboratory.established: (as National Accelerator Laboratory)
Laboratory.budget: $739 million (2024)
Laboratory.type: Accelerator physics
Laboratory.research_field: Accelerator physics
Laboratory.director: Norbert Holtkamp
Laboratory.city: Winfield Township, DuPage County, Illinois, United States
Laboratory.address: P.O. Box 500
Laboratory.location_map: USA Illinois
Laboratory.nickname: Fermilab
Laboratory.affiliations: United States Department of Energy
Laboratory.operating_agency: Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC
Laboratory.nobel_laureates: Leon Max Lederman

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Contents

Laboratory directors
Accelerators
Tevatron
Fermilab Accelerator Complex
Proton improvement plan
Experiments
Discoveries by Fermilab experiments
Evolution of the post-Tevatron experimental program
On-site program in the 2020s
List of recent past, ongoing, and planned experiments running on-site
LBNF/DUNE
About other neutrino experiments
Muon g−2
Delays, cost overruns, safety failures, and management turmoil in the 2010s and 2020s
Oversight issues that developed between 2014 and 2024
2024 Whistleblower Report
The shift to new management by the Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC, 2023-2025
Site
Access
Architecture
Wildlife
Tritium on site
See also
References
External links

Fermilab's Main Injector, two miles (3.3 km) in circumference, is the laboratory's most powerful particle accelerator. 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. 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.