Tevatron atom smasher’s close ends era of big science

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One scientist called it a 25-year adrenaline rush.

On Friday, though, the buzz will end. After a remarkable run as the most successful atom smasher in the world, the Tevatron — a four-mile underground ring about 50 miles west of Chicago — will smash no more.

At 2 p.m., Pier Oddone, director of Fermilab, the Energy Department facility that operates the Tevatron, will command the shutdown of the mammoth machine. Operators will switch off dual beams of particles that have been colliding since 1985, sprouting terrific sprays of fleeting particles that offered a glimpse of the subatomic world.

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Ylan Q. Mui 30 Sep, 2011

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