The Tevatron

OCT 01, 1977

With a ring of superconducting magnets the Fermilab accelerator will double its proton energy and reduce its electrical power consumption, and will offer the opportunity for colliding‐beam experiments.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3037746

Robert R. Wilson

Superconductivity is a magic potion, an elixir to rejuvenate old accelerators and open new vistas for the future. The property of zero resistance to the flow of electrical current will allow us at Fermilab to double the energy of the proton accelerator from 500 to 1000 GeV, will make possible colliding‐beam experiments with center‐of‐mass energies up to 2000 GeV, will quite possibly lead to the discovery of the intermediate vector bosons, will save millions of dollars in our electrical bill—and all this at modest cost. The magic of superconductivity need not be confined to accelerators; it may be a key factor in conserving our dwindling energy resources when similarly applied to the production and transmission of electrical power.

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Robert R. Wilson, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois.