{"id":199204,"date":"2024-11-10T18:24:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T00:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/us-tests-materials-for-neutrino-targets-to-endure-proton-bombardment"},"modified":"2024-11-10T18:24:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T00:24:58","slug":"us-tests-materials-for-neutrino-targets-to-endure-proton-bombardment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/us-tests-materials-for-neutrino-targets-to-endure-proton-bombardment","title":{"rendered":"US tests materials for neutrino targets to endure proton bombardment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/us-tests-materials-for-neutrino-targets-to-endure-proton-bombardment3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fermilab is tackling the extreme conditions generated in neutrino experiments to ensure the success of future research.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\u201cResearchers need to overcome three challenges to make a lasting target: radiation damage, high temperatures and stress from thermal expansion,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/news.fnal.gov\/2024\/11\/designing-resilient-targets-for-high-energy-particle-accelerators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">remarked<\/a> the press release.<\/p>\n<p>Nanofibers, incredibly thin threads with exceptional strength and flexibility, are being investigated for their ability to better absorb the shock of the proton beam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA nanofiber developed by Fermilab engineer Sujit Bidhar is being researched as a potential target material due to its ability to mitigate thermal shock and be more resistant to radiation damage,\u201d highlighted the press release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fermilab is tackling the extreme conditions generated in neutrino experiments to ensure the success of future research. \u201cResearchers need to overcome three challenges to make a lasting target: radiation damage, high temperatures and stress from thermal expansion,\u201d remarked the press release. Nanofibers, incredibly thin threads with exceptional strength and flexibility, are being investigated for their [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1635,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-materials","category-particle-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}