A delegation from the Institute of Nuclear Physics of Kazakhstan, headed by Director General Dr. Sayabek Sakhiyev, visited the Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory (USA), one of the world's leading scientific centers in the field of high-energy physics.
A personalized program was prepared for the Kazakhstan’s delegation, including meetings with the leading specialists of the laboratory and excursions to the key research facilities. It covered the most relevant areas of modern fundamental science that are of strategic importance in the international scientific agenda. During the stay at the Fermilab, the INP representatives were able to have the detailed overview of the main projects of the laboratory and visited the following facilities:
– Neutrino Campus and the underground hall of neutrino experiments, where the international projects on the study of neutrinos and dark matter (SENSEI, NuMI) are being implemented;
– The Short-Baseline Neutrino (SBN) Complex, which includes three detectors (SBND, MicroBooNE, ICARUS) designed to study sterile neutrinos and interactions with argon;
– The Muon g-2 experiment, implemented for the most precise measurements of the muon magnetic moment, one of the key parameters of the Standard Model;
– The High-Luminosity LHC (AUP) Project, for which the Fermilab develops and supplies the next-generation superconducting magnets and radio-frequency resonators for the Large Hadron Collider;
– The CMS program, one of the two flagship experiments of the LHC, where Fermilab has played a key role in the development and modernization of the facility’s components since its launch.
The visit concluded with a meeting with the Fermilab senior management. The discussion was attended by Acting Director of the Laboratory Professor Young-Kee Kim and Director for Scientific Research, Deputy Director for Science and Technology Bonnie Fleming. The parties considered possible areas of scientific cooperation, including the participation of the Kazakhstan side in the international neutrino project DUNE.
