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Video: An animated tour of what the exterior of the Illinois Accelerator Research Center will look like when complete.
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When completed, the Illinois Accelerator Research Center will provide a state-of-the-art facility for research, development and industrialization of accelerator science and technology. In addition to attracting new private industry partners that will create new high-tech jobs in Illinois, the center will also collaborate with local universities to serve as a training facility for a new generation of scientists, engineers and technical staff in accelerator technology.
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Located on the
Fermilab campus the Illinois Accelerator Research Center will provide
83, 000 square feet of technical, office and educational space for scientists and engineers from Fermilab, Argonne, local universities and industrial partners. In addition to creating approximately 80 construction jobs in Illinois, federal funding for accelerator development at Fermilab will create or continue to support about 200 Illinois high-tech jobs.
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A major focus of the Illinois Accelerator Research Center will be to develop partnerships with private industry for the commercial and industrial application of accelerator science and technology for energy and the environment, medicine, industry, national security and discovery science. Today, besides their role in scientific discovery, scientists estimate that more than 30,000 accelerators are at work worldwide in areas ranging from diagnosing and treating disease to powering industrial processes. The accelerators of tomorrow promise still greater opportunities.
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At the Illinois Accelerator Research Center, scientists and engineers will partner with industry to research and develop superconducting radio frequency technology and advance US industrial capabilities. SRF technology provides a highly efficient way to accelerate beams of particles. Scientists consider it crucial for building next-generation particle accelerators. The technology also holds significant promise for applications in medicine, energy, material science and national security.
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Superconducting radio frequency technology is at the heart of future proposed particle accelerators, including Project X, the International Linear Collider and the Muon Collider. The Illinois Accelerator Research Center will give Fermilab an increased opportunity to pursue these next-generation particle accelerators, while collaborating with local universities to train a new generation of scientists, engineers and technical staff in accelerator technology.
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This plant in Illinois, operated by Electron Beam Technologies, sends coated wire and cable back and forth through a wide beam of electrons to improve the heat resistance of the coatings. The number of new industrial jobs created in Illinois as a result of industrial accelerator development at the Illinois Accelerator Research Center is potentially very high.
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All the products that are processed, treated or inspect by particle beams, like these coated wires, have an annual value of more than $500 billion. Treating the wire coatings with an electron beam improves their heat resistance and durability for use in airplanes, cars and electronics. At the Illinois Accelerator Research Center, scientists and engineers will develop partnerships with private industry for the commercial and industrial application of accelerator science and technology.
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