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Descent of the last LHC dipole magnet

by

Maximilien Brice/CERN/Novapix

Reference

n-cer03-01010

Date

2009-02-04

The last of 1746 superconducting magnets is lowered into the LHC tunnel via a specially constructed pit at 12:00 on 26 April. This 15-m long dipole magnet is one of 1232 dipoles positioned around the 27-km circumference of the collider. Dipole magnets produce a magnetic field that bends the particle beams around the circular accelerator.