cryogenics

Cryogenics is the branch of physics that deals with the production and effects of very low temperatures.

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Accelerator Report: Navigating hot summer days and thunderstorms

The summer is often a very productive period for physics in CERN’s accelerator complex, that is, when the weather remains reasonable…

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Accelerators
01 August, 2024
Accelerators
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01 August, 2024

HiLumi News: new large helium tanks

Four large helium tanks will supply the new High-Luminosity LHC refrigerators

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Engineering
18 July, 2024
Engineering
News
18 July, 2024

Accelerator Report: No summer holidays for the accelerator complex

CERN’s accelerators show very good availability rates: beams are in place

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Accelerators
11 July, 2024

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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Accelerators
27 June, 2024

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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Accelerators
28 May, 2024

Accelerator Report: Keeping cool and adapting to challenges

In the last two weeks, the LHC teams have encountered two main challenges that have led to some changes to the filling scheme

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Accelerators
03 May, 2024

Carbon dioxide for the environment

Following the completion of a successful in-house development phase, CERN is equipping the ATLAS and CMS detectors with new carbon dioxide (CO2) cooling systems that will contribute to the transition towards green and sustainable technology in this area

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Engineering
12 October, 2023
Engineering
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12 October, 2023

Accelerator Report: Leak repaired, cooling in progress

Despite challenging working conditions, the vacuum leak caused by the quench that occurred on 17 July was repaired in less than 10 days

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Accelerators
07 August, 2023
Accelerators
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07 August, 2023

Accelerator Report: A quench of an LHC inner triplet magnet causes a small leak with major consequences

On Monday, 17 July, the LHC beams were dumped after only 9 minutes in collision due to a radiofrequency interlock caused by an electrical perturbation

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Accelerators
19 July, 2023

Superconductivity for sustainability: a new superconducting link for the High-Luminosity LHC

A flexible cryostat and the first series of high-temperature superconducting magnesium diboride cables will form an innovative electrical transfer line to power the HL-LHC inner triplet magnets

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Accelerators
03 March, 2023

The SM18 test facility in the HL-LHC era

SM18 is one of the largest magnet test facilities in the world. Dedicated to testing superconducting magnets and radiofrequency cavities, it is now waiting for the first HL-LHC components

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Engineering
07 December, 2022
Engineering
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07 December, 2022

New magnets for FAIR tested at CERN

CERN has strong partnerships and collaborations with laboratories and research infrastructures in the Member States. One recent example saw superconducting magnets for the future FAIR facility at Germany’s GSI laboratory being tested at CERN

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Accelerators
11 August, 2021
Accelerators
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11 August, 2021