Tag: magnet
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HiLumi LHC: CERN’s full-scale test stand enters the powering phase
With the start of electrical powering, the Inner Triplet String is now entering a new phase of commissioning. This phase will be carried out progressively and will culminate in the powering of the whole installation this summer
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The High-Luminosity LHC test stand is taking shape
The teams are making the final interconnections in the chain of magnets that will be used to test the components of the LHC’s successor
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Accelerator Report: LHC on track despite disruptions throughout the accelerator complex
Following the achievement of 2460-bunch stable beams on 24 May, the accelerator complex experienced an SPS magnet failure, a central timing glitch and a complex-wide power disruption. Yet the LHC remains on track to achieve its 2025 luminosity goal
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A curved magnet with much potential
Rope winding and giant pasta shapes meet particle physics in Fusillo, a new magnet prototype with possible medical applications in hadron therapy
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GaToroid – getting closer to affordable cancer therapy
CERN has been contributing to developing technologies to improve hadron therapy for the past 30 years. Now, a team at CERN is working on new design concepts that would make the machines delivering hadron therapy much more compact and economically viable
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The test stand for the High-Luminosity LHC welcomes its first magnets
The installation of the High-Luminosity LHC test facility continues with the arrival of two magnet assemblies
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Less hungry magnets for the experiments of the future
A prototype superconducting coil developed for the SHiP experiment opens the way for more energy-efficient electromagnets for certain applications
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Accelerator Report: Technical stops always hold a few surprises
Restarting the entire accelerator complex after a technical stop is rarely seamless and often comes with unexpected technical challenges
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HiLumi News: The HL-LHC’s cold powering system successfully passed the tests
The new HL-LHC cold powering system, which includes the high-temperature superconducting link colloquially known as “the python”, has successfully passed its first cold powering tests
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HiLumi News: Recombination dipole prototype successfully tested for the LHC’s high-luminosity upgrade
The D2 prototype magnet, developed and manufactured in Italy, has been integrated and tested in the longest HL-LHC cold mass with corrector magnets from China and CERN