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The LHC magnet system and its status of development

Conference ·
OSTI ID:135343
CERN is preparing for the construction of a new high energy accelerator/collider, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). This new facility will mainly consist of two superconducting magnetic beam channels, 27 km long, to be installed in the existing LEP tunnel. The magnetic system comprises about 1200 twin-aperture dipoles, 13.145 m long, with an operational field of 8.65 T, about 600 quadrupoles, 3 m long, and a very large number of other superconducting magnetic components. A general description of the system is given together with the main features of the design of the regular lattice magnets. The paper also describes the present state of the magnet R & D program. Results from short model work, as well as from full scale prototypes will be presented, including the recently tested 10 m long full-scale prototype dipole manufactured in industry.
Research Organization:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, TX (United States). Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
OSTI ID:
135343
Report Number(s):
N--96-10230; NASA-CP--3290-VOL-1; S--792-VOL-1; NAS--1.55:3290-VOL-1; CONF-940627--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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