Section of beam screen from the Large Hadron Collider

Made:
2001 in Europe
maker:
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
Section cut from a spare 15m long 'beam screen' for CERN?s

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Section cut from a spare 15m long 'beam screen' for CERN?s
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Section cut from a spare 15m long 'beam screen' for CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, 2001. Particles in the collider travel in two pipes surrounded by superconducting magnets. The beams travel inside screens like these, kept at a temperature of 5K, so that the magnets are shielded from the radiation of the intense proton beam.

Details

Category:
Nuclear Physics
Object Number:
2009-39
Measurements:
overall (outer tube): 420 mm 54 mm,
type:
beam screen, large hadron collider
credit:
Commitée Europèenne pour la Recherche Nuclèaire [CERN]