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There are a large variety of magnets in the LHC.
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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

News
Accelerators
29 September, 2023
Accelerators
News
29 September, 2023

A new generation of iron-dominated electromagnets has been successfully tested at CERN

The proof-of-principle demonstrator could pave the way for more energy-efficient electromagnets

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Engineering
11 September, 2023
Engineering
News
11 September, 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
News
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

Giorgio Brianti (1930 – 2023)

Obituary
Accelerators
05 May, 2023
Accelerators
Obituary
05 May, 2023

HiLumi News: Recovery of an HL-LHC niobium–tin magnet

The successful replacement of a coil in an HL-LHC niobium–tin quadrupole magnet by the US Accelerator Upgrade Project team has showcased this crucial technology’s flexibility and cost-effectiveness

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Accelerators
26 April, 2023

HiLumi News: New CERN niobium–tin magnet energises the HL-LHC programme

A second 7.2-metre-long HL-LHC triplet quadrupole has reached the currents needed for 7 TeV operation, with higher performances

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Accelerators
21 March, 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

Cool kickers for the HL-LHC

The first “MKI-Cool” was installed in early January – water-cooled ferrite cylinders will protect the LHC’s kicker magnets from increased heat load in the high-luminosity era

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Accelerators
25 January, 2023
Accelerators
News
25 January, 2023

HiLumi News: 7.2-m-long niobium–tin quadrupole magnet manufactured at CERN reaches nominal current for the first time

The 7.2-metre-long version of this vital HL-LHC component reached nominal current plus an operational margin corresponding to a coil peak field of 11.5 T at 1.9 K during a test in SM18

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Accelerators
25 January, 2023
Accelerators
News
25 January, 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
News
07 December, 2022

A remedy against electron clouds inside particle colliders

An LHC quadrupole whose beam screen had been coated with a fine layer of carbon displayed minimal heat load in comparison to other magnets, constituting a promising step in eliminating electron clouds in future particle accelerators

News
Engineering
26 October, 2022
Engineering
News
26 October, 2022