In particle physics, there are many different types of particles, mostly ending with the phrase “-on.” In this video, Fermilab’s Dr. Don Lincoln talks about fermions and bosons and what is the key difference between these two particles.

Einstein's equation E = mc2 is often said to mean that energy can be converted into matter. More accurately, energy can be converted to matter and antimatter.

During the first moments of the Big Bang, the universe was smaller, hotter and energy was everywhere. As the universe expanded and cooled, the energy converted into matter and antimatter. According to our best understanding, these two substances should have been created in equal quantities. However when we look out into the cosmos we see only matter and no antimatter.

The absence of antimatter is one of the Big Mysteries of modern physics. In this video, Fermilab's Dr. Don Lincoln explains the problem, although doesn't answer it. The answer, as in all Big Mysteries, is still unknown and one of the leading research topics of contemporary science.

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The laws of quantum mechanics and relativity are quite perplexing however it is when the two theories are merged that things get really confusing. This combined theory predicts that empty space isn’t empty at all – it’s a seething and bubbling cauldron of matter and antimatter particles springing into existence before disappearing back into nothingness. Scientists call this complicated state of affairs “quantum foam.” In this video, Fermilab’s Dr. Don Lincoln discusses this mind-bending idea and sketches some of the experiments that have convinced scientists that this crazy prediction is actually true.

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Neutrinos are the most abundant matter particles in the universe, yet very little is known about them. This animation shows how the Department of Energy’s Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility will power the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment to help scientists understand the role neutrinos play in the universe. DUNE will also look for the birth of neutron stars and black holes by catching neutrinos from exploding stars. More than 800 scientists from 150 institutions in 27 countries are working on the LBNF/DUNE project, including Armenia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Greece, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Madagascar, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA.

Radiation is one of those words that frightens many people. In this video, Fermilab’s Dr. Don Lincoln explains the known kinds of nuclear radiation and their different properties.

Particle accelerators are one of the most powerful ways to study the fundamental laws that govern the universe. However, there are many design considerations that go into selecting and building a particular accelerator. In this video, Fermilab’s Dr. Don Lincoln explains the pros and cons of building an accelerator that collides pairs of protons to one that collides electrons.

If there’s one thing that we think we understand, it’s matter.  After all, matter makes up everything around us; it even makes up you.  However, all is not as it seems.  Over the last century, scientists have learned about the building blocks of matter, starting with atoms.  It turns out that matter is very different than you think. In this video, Fermilab’s Dr. Don Lincoln will give you an entirely new way to think about the world around us.  You will never think of the universe in the same way again.

The international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, hosted by Fermilab, will investigate the role neutrinos play in the universe. To test the technologies used by DUNE, scientists are building two large prototype detectors at CERN. Filled with 800 tons of liquid argon, the ProtoDUNE detectors are the largest particle detectors of their kind. The actual DUNE detector modules, which will be assembled 1.5 kilometers underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility, will be 20 times bigger than these test beds. More than 1,000 scientists from research institutions in 32 countries are working on DUNE.

On Sept. 18, 2018, DUNE scientists announced the observation of the first particle tracks with the first of the two prototype detectors:
http://news.fnal.gov/2018/09/f....irst-tracks-in-proto

Now that the Large Hadron Collider has officially turned back on for its second run, within every proton collision could emerge the next new discovery in particle physics. Learn how the detectors on the Compact Muon Solenoid, or CMS, experiment capture and track particles as they are expelled from a collision. Talking us through these collisions are Claudia Fruguiele and Jim Hirschauer of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, the largest U.S. institution collaborating on the LHC.

Find out more about LHC Run 2:

http://www.fnal.gov/pub/pressp....ass/press_releases/2

http://www.symmetrymagazine.or....g/article/february-2

The NOvA neutrino experiment is searching for the answers to some of the most fundamental questions of the universe. This video documents how collaboration between government research institutions like Fermilab, academia and industry can create one of the largest neutrino detectors in the world.

Dr. Dan Hooper, a Theoretical Astrophysicist at Fermilab, explores the current status of the dark matter search and some new thoughts on the nature of this mystery.

A signal of gamma rays has been observed from the center of the Milky Way, and it may be the breakthrough that we have long been waiting for. If these gamma-rays are in fact being produced by the interactions of dark matter particles, they promise to reveal much about this elusive substance, and may be a major step toward identifying of the underlying nature of our universe's dark matter.

Particle physics is an interesting field of science that is accessible to all audiences from 8 to 80.  In this video, Fermilab’s Dr. Don Lincoln works with teenager Russell Farnsworth to craft a message that is aimed specifically at teens.  Be sure to watch the outtake at the end!

This 3-minute video shows the highlights of the visit and statements made by a bipartisan delegation from the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology when they toured research facilities at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory on May 12, 2018. Five Members of Congress toured R&D facilities and discussed with Fermilab scientists the lab’s flagship neutrino research program. The video includes footage of Fermilab’s accelerator technology research areas, neutrino experiments located 350 feet underground, the Muon g-2 experiment, the lab’s quantum computing laboratory and remote control rooms for particle physics experiments. Statements were made by Energy Subcommittee Chairman Randy Weber (R-Texas), House Science Committee Vice Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Oklahoma), Representative Bill Foster (D-Illinois), Environment Subcommittee Chairman Andy Biggs (R-Arizona) and Representative Neal Dunn (R-Florida). Science Committee staff members also participated in the tour.

Fermilab's muon-g-2 ring started its road journey, leaving Lemont, Illinois on a special transporter designed by Emmert International for this purpose. This video documents the first of three nights of the route.

Local proprietors Steve and Deb Wieber discuss the impact of the NOvA experiment on their community.

Brian Ingram of Argonne National Laboratories makes a presentation on his battery research at the 2015 Fermilab Physics Slam.

The Muon g-2 ring successfully completed its second night of road journey on July 24 and 25, 2013. This time lapse was shot at an interval of one frame every two seconds. To learn more about Fermilab, the ring and its experiment visit http://www.fnal.gov.

Five physicists duke it out with 12 minutes each to explain a complex particle physics concept in front of a large audience of the general public. Then an applause meter determines the ultimate slammer. See below for links to presenters.
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10:00 Stuart Henderson with "Accelerator Driven Systems"
22:00 Chris Stoughton with "Holography of the Universe"
32:15 Doug Glenzinski with "Discovery Science with Muons"
42:30 Deborah Harris with "Neutrino Monologues"
56:15 Bob Tschirhart with "Project X"
1:09:55 Voting and Q&A

Scientists and dignitaries broke ground for an international mega-science project in South Dakota on July 21, 2017. The Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility will host the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, a project involving about 1,000 scientists from more than 160 institutions in 30 countries. Representatives from U.S. Congress, the Executive Office of the President, the state of South Dakota and global partners in the project participated in the groundbreaking. LBNF will send an intense neutrino beam through 1,300 kilometers of rock from the Department of Energy’s Fermilab to the DUNE particle detectors to be located in 1.5-kilometer-deep caverns at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota. More info at http://dunescience.org

Fermilab hopes to send an intense beam of neutrinos from its site in Illinois to an underground laboratory in Lead, South Dakota. Since they were already called to a different assignment in South Dakota, Reidar Hahn and Jim Shultz of Fermilab's Visual Media Services took the opportunity to drive along the route the neutrinos would take, visiting with some interesting people and sites along the way.