Illinois Accelerator Research Center

TL;DR

The Illinois Accelerator Research Center (IARC) at Fermilab provides advanced facilities and expertise for accelerator technology research, development, and industrialization, fostering collaboration among scientists, engineers, and industry to advance accelerator science.

Contribution

IARC establishes a comprehensive research and development hub with specialized infrastructure and collaborative environment to accelerate innovations in particle accelerator technology.

Findings

Development of new accelerator technologies

Enhanced collaboration between academia, Fermilab, and industry

Facilitation of accelerator research and industrialization

Abstract

The Illinois Accelerator Research Center (IARC) hosts a new accelerator development program at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. IARC provides access to Fermi's state-of-the-art facilities and technologies for research, development and industrialization of particle accelerator technology. In addition to facilitating access to available existing Fermi infrastructure, the IARC Campus has a dedicated 36,000 ft2 heavy assembly building (HAB) with all the infrastructure needed to develop, commission and operate new accelerators. Connected to the HAB is a 47,000 ft2 Office, Technology and Engineering (OTE) building, paid for by the state, that has office, meeting, and light technical space. The OTE building, which contains the Accelerator Physics Center, and nearby Accelerator and Technical divisions provide IARC collaborators with unique access to world class expertise in a wide array of accelerator technologies. At IARC scientists and engineers from Fermilab and academia work side by side with industrial partners to develop breakthroughs in accelerator science and translate them into applications for the nation's health, wealth and security.