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Crystals channel high-energy beams in the LHC

In this week's Bulletin find out how bent crystals were tested in the LHC to channel and deflect the beam

Crystals channel high-energy beams in the LHC

Bent crystals can be used to deflect particle beams, as suggested by E. Tsyganov in 1976. Experimental demonstrations have been carried out for four decades in various laboratories worldwide. In recent tests, a bent crystal inserted into the LHC beam halo successfully channelled and deflected 6.5 TeV protons into an absorber, with reduced secondary irradiation. Read the Bulletin article.