Tag: WP3 – IR Magnets

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

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

    Many physics experiments at CERN require moderate magnetic fields (around 2 tesla) in a large gap over a large volume.

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  • Cabling for LHC Upgrade Wraps Up

    Cabling for LHC Upgrade Wraps Up

    Experts at Berkeley Lab finished winding more than 2000 kilometers of superconducting wire into cables for new magnets that will help upgrade the Large Hadron Collider and the search for new physics

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  • D1 first series magnet test in KEK

    D1 first series magnet test in KEK

    In the month of June, the first series separation dipole magnet MBXF1, manufactured in Hitachi (Japan), was tested at KEK in vertical position at 1.9 K.

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  • D2 prototype test results

    D2 prototype test results

    The power tests of the D2 prototype were completed in May. This is the first full-size recombination dipole giving 4.5 T over a 7.8 m magnetic length, manufactured at ASG under the helm of INFN Genova.

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  • HL-LHC Magnet Circuit Instrumentation Day 2023

    HL-LHC Magnet Circuit Instrumentation Day 2023

    ollowing the HL-LHC Circuit Instrumentation Detailed Design Review held in September 2020, the HL-LHC Magnet Circuit Instrumentation Day 2023 successfully took place on the 20th of June 2023 in the Kjell Johnsen Auditorium at CERN as an in-person meeting.

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  • Recovery of an HL-LHC niobium–tin magnet

    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, CERN News.

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  • New CERN niobium–tin magnet energises the HL-LHC programme

    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, CERN News.

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  • 54 magnets: The High-Luminosity LHC receives its first in-kind contribution

    54 magnets: The High-Luminosity LHC receives its first in-kind contribution

    By Marco Statera (LASA) – The completion of the High Order Corrector Magnet project was only made possible by the collaborative efforts of INFN, CERN, and industry, Accelerating News.

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  • News from the Chamonix workshop

    News from the Chamonix workshop

    News from the Chamonix workshop | home.cern By Mike Lamont (CERN) on home.cern There has been sustained international effort and good progress on the HL-LHC magnet front. The production of the interaction region magnets is progressing well, and prototyping and production of the NbTi magnets have passed through critical phases. The INFN twin aperture D2

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  • Building 180’s metamorphosis

    Building 180’s metamorphosis

    The renovation that was completed in 2022 has transformed the appearance of CERN’s second-biggest building in terms of surface area while also improving its energy performance

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