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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory signed a project planning document with the Wrocław University of Science and Technology in Poland. With the signing, Wrocław Tech officially joined the global collaboration working on Fermilab’s Proton Improvement Plan-II, known as the PIP-II project.
PIP-II is an upgrade of Fermilab’s accelerator complex that includes a new linear accelerator. It is an essential enhancement that will power the world’s most intense high-energy neutrino beam for the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment at LBNF. PIP-II will provide the international particle physics community with a world-class scientific facility that will enable discovery-focused research, transform our understanding of nature and strengthen the connection between advances in fundamental science and technology innovation.
Wrocław Tech joins a long list of PIP-II’s global collaborators that includes eight institutions in France, India, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom. Funded primarily by the U.S. Department of Energy, PIP-II is the first particle accelerator built in the United States with significant contributions from international partners.
Wrocław Tech’s contributions to PIP-II build upon the university’s expertise in cryogenics and next-generation superconducting accelerator technologies – key components to PIP-II’s superconducting linear accelerator. Having previously contributed to the European X-FEL and European Spallation Source projects, Wrocław Tech plans to contribute design and hardware for the cryogenic transfer lines for the 270-meter-long PIP-II accelerator.
- Wrocław Tech has a longstanding record of successful contribution to international scientific projects around the world - said Arkadiy Klebaner, PIP-II Technical Director. - We are grateful to our Polish partners for their world-class expertise, contribution and support in building a state-of-the-art particle accelerator that will power the neutrino beam for DUNE and enable scientific discoveries for decades to come.
