Posted on March 8, 2013Photo a day: example magnet A superconducting quadrupole magnet sits outside of a building near the French gate on the Meyrin CERN site. Quadrupole magnets are the “lenses” of the particle accelerator world, allowing focusing and defocusing of the beams.
Posted on March 7, 2013Photo a day: condenser coils These coils sit below a large dewar intended to hold cryogenic liquid.
Posted on March 6, 2013Photo a day: Union Jack I’ve jogged by this van about a half-dozen times, and it never fails to impress me.
