An Advance in Superconducting Magnet Technology Opens the Door for More Powerful Colliders
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 12:07
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- Preparing for as much as a 10-fold increase in the Large Hadron Collider's luminosity within the next decade, U.S. scientists and engineers have demonstrated a powerful magnet based on an advanced superconducting material, which can produce magnetic fields strong enough to focus intense proton beams in the LHC's upgraded interaction regions.