Located at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois, USA, the Meson Test Beam Facility consits of two versatile beamlines (Mtest and MCenter) in which users can test equipment or detectors. Typically, beam is delivered in one 4 second spill per minute, although 1 second spills, or even millisecond length spills can be supported.
The MTest primary beamline consists of a beam of high energy protons (120 GeV) at moderate intensities (~1-300 kHz). This beam can also be targeted to create secondary, or even tertiary particle beams of energies down to below 1 GeV, consisting of pions, muons, and/or electrons.
The MCenter beamline is very similar to the MTest beamline but is currently undergoing reconstruction.
Beam time is available to qualified users for up to 14 hours a day, from 0400 to 1800 (4am - 6pm).
Click on the "Become A User"
link to learn more.
| Name | Title | Phone | |
| Erik Ramberg | Facility Manager | x5731 Cell: 630.485.1562 |
ramberg |
| Doug Jensen | Deputy Facility Manager | x8194 | djensen |
| Aria Meyhoefer | Assistant Facility Manager | x4463 Cell: 815.970.4652 |
aria |
| Rick Coleman | MTest Beamline Expert | x3030 | coleman |
| Todd Nebel | Chief Mechanical Operation Specialist | x3837 Cell: 840.740.1981 |
tnebel |
| Jerry Taccki | Senior Technical Specialist | x4737 | taccki |
| Eric McHugh | PPD/Senior Safety Officer | x3199 Cell:708.514.4603 |
emchugh |
| Jose De La "O" | PPD/ES&H RCT | x2557 | delao |
| Place | Description | Extention |
| MCR | FNAL Main Control Room (Accelerator Division) | x3721 |
| MTest Control Room | West side, large control room | x2459 x2460 |
| MTest Alcove Control Room | East side, small control room | x4718 x3796 |
| MT6-1 Key Tree | West side Enclosure Access Gate for Section 1 in MS4 | x2134 |
| MT6-2 Key Tree | West side Enclosure Access Gate for Section 2 | x2459 x2460 |
| MS4 | Power supply area adjacent to MT6-1 | x2134 |
| Janitorial Service | For cleaning of control rooms and bathrooms (not enclosures) | x3434 |
| Gas Stock Ordering | Gas Supply | x3808 |
| Fermilab Stock Room | Stock Room, Site 38 | x3825 |
All of the following are available to approved users: