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Lia Merminga: Fermilab looks to the future with PIP-II linac

23 Sep 2020 Hamish Johnston
Taken from the 2020 Physics World Big Science Briefing.

The Proton Improvement Plan-II linear accelerator is an essential upgrade to the accelerator complex at Fermilab in the US. The project is being led by the accelerator physicist Lia Merminga, who talks to Physics World about this international effort to keep Fermilab at the forefront of particle physics

Lia Merminga.
Accelerating the future Lia Merminga standing next to the PIP-II test stand at Fermilab’s Cryomodule Test Facility. (Courtesy: Reidar Hahn/Fermilab)
The Proton Improvement Plan-II (PIP-II) will be the first accelerator in the US with major contribut

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