Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), located just outside Batavia, Illinois, near Chicago, is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory specializing in high-energy particle physics. Since 2007, Fermilab has been operated by the Fermi Research Alliance, a joint venture of the University of Chicago, and the Universities Research Association (URA). Fermilab is a part of the Illinois Technology and Research Corridor. Fermilab's Tevatron was a landmark particle accelerator; until the startup in 2008 of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) near Geneva, Switzerland, it was the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, accelerating protons and antiprotons to energies of 980 GeV, and producing proton-proton collisions with energies of up to 1.96 TeV, the first accelerator to reach one "tera-electron-volt" energy. At, it was the world's fourth-largest particle accelerator in circumference. One of its most important achievements was the 1995 discovery of
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), ubicado justo fuera de Batavia, Illinois, cerca de Chicago, es un laboratorio nacional del Departamento de Energía de los Estados Unidos especializado en física de partículas de alta energía. Desde 2007, Fermilab ha sido operado por la Fermi Research Alliance, una joint venture de la Universidad de Chicago, y la University Research Association (URA). Fermilab es parte del Illinois Technology and Research Corridor. Fermilab's Tevatron fue un acelerador de partículas de referencia; hasta la puesta en marcha en 2008 del Large Hadron Collider (LHC) cerca de Ginebra, Suiza, fue el acelerador de partículas más poderoso del mundo, acelerando protones y antiprotonos a energías de 980 GeV, y produciendo colisiones de protones con energías de hasta 1.96 TeV, el primer acelerador para alcanzar una "energía de electrones-volt".