A remedy against electron clouds inside particle colliders

By Thomas Hortala (CERN) on home.cern

A plasma cell « sputters » carbon on a beam screen in a laboratory (Image: CERN)

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.

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