My work photos at Fermilab November, 2001

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My work on the Recycler - some photos:

The following information was taken from the Recycler Ring Home Page:
http://www-fermi3.fnal.gov/recycler/recycler_main.html

"Overview

The Main Injector will supply a larger flux of protons for antiproton production, more intense proton bunches for use in the collider, and a higher efficiency acceleration of antiprotons. The role of the Recycler Ring is to provide more antiprotons for the Tevetron, which proportionally increases the luminosity. This is accomplished by acting as a high reliability post-Accumulator and receptacle for recycled antiprotons from previous Collider stores. Prior to the development of the Recycler ring, the peak luminosity goal of the Fermi III upgrade program was 8x10³¹cm^-2sec^-1. With the construction of the Recycler ring, a typical peak luminosity of 2x10³²cm^-2sec^-1 is expected."

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Couple images taken at the start of the Recycler shutdown on October 12, 2001 in the Main Injector tunnel near the kicker area:

#1, Oct 12, 2001

#2, Oct 12, 2001

Additional images taken by digital camera during the shutdown:

1, support stand for the horozontal scrapper

2, Fermilab in the background with a resting hawk nearby

3, another view for the horizontal support stand

4, view of the bare vertical support stand

5, another view horizontal stand

6, another view horizontal stand

7, another view horizontal stand

8, a wild hawk resting nearby

9, Scott and me

10, vertical scrapper on beam pipe, another view

11, close view of vertical scrapper and stand

12, Dennis Gaw and Scott McCormick

13, Dennis Gaw and Scott McCormick

14, Dennis Gaw tightening the bolts on the horizontal scrapper

15, Scott and me

16, Scott and me

17, a clear phot0 of a 'beam pipe' Tee with flange for mounting a TSP

18, Scott and me

19, the mounted horizontal scrapper

20, the mounted horizontal scrapper

21, the mounted horizontal scrapper

22, the mounted horizontal scrapper

23, venting with very pure Nitrogen at a port on the ion and TSP section

24, that's me with hands on work ("busy hands are happy hands")

People I worked and interacted with on the Recycler shutdown Oct, 8 to Nov. 16, 2002:

Terry Anderson (tander@), Dave Augustine (augustine@), Scott McCormick (smc@), Ron Kellett (rjk@), Dennis Gaw (dlgaw@), Mike Heinz (mrheinz@), Christina Ader (cader@), Wade Muranyi (murani@)