JMU Physics Contributes to Fermilab Discovery

Contact Information

Dr. Kevin Giovanetti

Contact Details

giovankl@jmu.edu

Description

JMU physicist Kevin Giovanetti and students he has mentored were among the contributors to the experiment that led to today’s announcement of a groundbreaking particle physics discovery at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois.

Giovanetti and his students contributed in a joint effort with the University of Virginia to design, prototype and build a power management system that was used as part of the experiment's detector system. Twenty-four detector packages were deployed to detect the muons as they decayed.

Web Presence

https://www.jmu.edu/news/2021/04/07-giovanetti-fermilab-g-2-announce.shtml

Involvement

Involves Faculty, Involves Students, Involves Participants External to JMU

Scope

JMU Campus Scope, National Scope, International Scope

Date

2021

Areas of Engagement

Engaged Learning

Format

Research, Publication