The 30-ton neutrino detector was transported three miles across the Fermilab site on Monday, June 23, and placed in its new home in the Liquid-Argon Test Facility.
Photo by Reidar Hahn, Fermilab
The detector is slowly lowered through the open roof of the Liquid-Argon Test Facility at Fermilab, where it will become the centerpiece of the MicroBooNE experiment.
Photo by Reidar Hahn, Fermilab
The banner on the side reads "MicroBooNE – Driving Nu Physics." The Greek letter nu stands for neutrinos, the subatomic particles that the experiment will study.
Photo by Reidar Hahn, Fermilab
The detector is now in the path of Fermilab's intense neutrino beam and will begin taking data later this year.
Photo by Reidar Hahn, Fermilab
The MicroBooNE detector in its cradle in the Liquid-Argon Test Facility at Fermilab.