cryogenics

Cryogenics is the branch of physics that deals with the production and effects of very low temperatures.

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New LHCb programme: Of vacuum and gas

In this week's Bulletin find out how a new LHCb programme is delving uncharted waters for the LHC: exploring how protons interact with noble gases

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Accelerators
16 November, 2015
Accelerators
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16 November, 2015

LHC filling with liquid helium at 4 kelvin

The CERN cryogenics team are filling the LHC with liquid helium, cooling entire sections to below 4K

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Engineering
17 December, 2014
Engineering
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17 December, 2014

The challenge of keeping cool

The cryogenic system that cools the LHC's superconducting magnets is the largest and most advanced of its kind

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Engineering
03 September, 2013
Engineering
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03 September, 2013