Last week, I flew out a day ahead of our staff meeting in Chicago. Instead of enjoying the Windy City, however, I headed west, deep into Chicago's western suburbs. About an hour outside the city, past a few strip malls, a small sign indicated the next right turn would take me from an unremarkable suburban area into the place where the last particle of physics' Standard Model had finally been spotted: Fermilab.
Fermilab is the host of the Tevatron, which, until the LHC opened for business, was the biggest particle accelerator around, circling through nearly four miles of midwestern prairie. During its run, the Tevatron finally spotted the elusive top quark, and the huge volume of data it has generated over the years has recently provided hints that there may be new forces and particles. Nevertheless, its days are winding down as attention has shifted to the LHC. It will shut down for good in September.
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