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2009 AAAS Annual Meeting, Chicago 15 2009 AAAS Annual Meeting, Chicago 15 th th February 2009 February 2009 The Large Hadron Collider The Large Hadron Collider Lyn Evans Lyn Evans
2009 AAAS Annual Meeting, Chicago 152009 AAAS Annual Meeting, Chicago 15thth February 2009February 2009
The Large Hadron Collider The Large Hadron Collider Lyn EvansLyn Evans
CERN in NumbersCERN in Numbers
Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Observers to Council: India, Israel, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United States of America, Turkey, the European Commission and Unesco 2Lyn Evans – EDMS 985123
2415 staff*730 Fellows and Associates*
9133 users*Budget (2007) 982 MCHF
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CERN UsersCERN Users
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The LHC ringThe LHC ring
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History/energy line vs discoveryHistory/energy line vs discovery
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CrossCross--section of LHC cryodipolesection of LHC cryodipole
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If the LHC did not use If the LHC did not use superconductivitysuperconductivity……
The LHC has a circumference of 26,7 km, with 20km filled with superconducting magnets operating at 8.3 T. The refrigeratorsproducing the liquid helium to cool the magnets consume 40 MW of power.
An equivalent machine with classicalelectromagnets would have a circumferenceof 100 km and would consume 1000 MW of power.
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……at the physics laboratory of at the physics laboratory of Leyden, helium was first liquifiedLeyden, helium was first liquified
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“Door meten tot weten”To knowledge through
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Discovery of superconductivity Discovery of superconductivity (1911)(1911)
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7000 km of superconducting 7000 km of superconducting cable Nbcable Nb--TiTi
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Production of superconducting Production of superconducting wires & cableswires & cables
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Discovery of superfluidity in Discovery of superfluidity in He II (1938)He II (1938)
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Vaporization of liquid helium
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Hint of a quantum effectHint of a quantum effect……??
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Linear heat exchangerLinear heat exchanger
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Dipole dipole interconnectDipole dipole interconnect
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Manufacturing of Manufacturing of superconducting coilssuperconducting coils
Industrial manufacturing of Industrial manufacturing of magnetsmagnets
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Magnet cryostating at CERNMagnet cryostating at CERN
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Cryogenic test benchesCryogenic test benches
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Magnet descent into the Magnet descent into the tunneltunnel
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Transport in Transport in the tunnel the tunnel with an optical with an optical guided vehicleguided vehicle
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Transfer on jacksTransfer on jacks
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Electrical spliceElectrical splice
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Electrical quality assurance in Electrical quality assurance in the tunnelthe tunnel
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23 km of superconducting 23 km of superconducting magnetsmagnets
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Inner triplet magnetsInner triplet magnets
A global projectA global project
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LHC current leads use highLHC current leads use high--temperature superconductortemperature superconductor
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13 kA current leads using HTS 13 kA current leads using HTS superconductorsuperconductor
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The LHC and its detectorsThe LHC and its detectors
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Aerial view of Point 5 GalloAerial view of Point 5 Gallo--roman vestiges roman vestiges (1998)(1998)
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Roman coins found during aRoman coins found during archeological rcheological excavations at Point 5 excavations at Point 5
Bringing Nations TogetherBringing Nations Together
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The sole end of science is the honor of the human mind
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The greatest economic benefits of scientific researchhave always resulted from advances in fundamentalknowledge rather than the search for specificapplications
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Reconciling different views on Reconciling different views on basic sciencebasic science
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