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Giant 50-foot magnet to make cross-country trek for physics experiment
UPI ^
| May 9, 2013
| staff reporter
Posted on 05/09/2013 8:57:56 PM PDT by Daffynition
BROOKHAVEN, N.Y., May 9 (UPI) -- U.S. physicists say they're planning a new experiment in particle physics -- but first there's the small matter of moving a 50-foot-diameter magnet 3,200 miles.
Along with colleagues from 26 institutions around the world, they are planning an experiment to study the properties of muons, tiny subatomic particles that exist for only 2.2 millionths of a second.
But first the core of the experimental equipment, a complex electromagnet 50 feet in diameter, needs to be moved from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York to the department's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois.
The magnet, made of steel and aluminum with superconducting cable inside, is the core of an experimental machine built at Brookhaven in the 1990s that will be the centerpiece of the Fermi experiment.
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2013/05/09/Giant-50-foot-magnet-to-make-cross-country-trek-for-physics-experiment/UPI-14361368127258/#ixzz2SrHvFlU9
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TOPICS: Outdoors; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: experiment; fermi; magnet; muon; muong2experiment; muons; particlephysics; physicists; stickysituation
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Honk If You Love Muons
To: Daffynition
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posted on
05/09/2013 8:59:28 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
( barry your mouth is writing checks your ass cant cash)
To: Daffynition
It will have quite a load of iron filings by the end of the trip. ;-)
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posted on
05/09/2013 9:00:04 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
To: TigersEye
It will have quite a load of iron filings by the end of the trip.Not unless it has a 3200 mile long extension cord.
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posted on
05/09/2013 9:04:18 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: UCANSEE2
Thank you, Mr. Literal. lol
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posted on
05/09/2013 9:05:21 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
To: Daffynition
All was going well as the convoy drove closer and closer to the lawn dart factory ...
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posted on
05/09/2013 9:05:57 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(3 guns when you only have one arm? "I just don't want to get killed for lack of shooting back")
To: Daffynition
Why wouldn’t they use a SKYCRANE to move it ?
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posted on
05/09/2013 9:06:16 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: bigheadfred
I find it strangely attractive.
/johnny
To: bigheadfred
You mean stuck in traffic? I can see the LIE what day. Epic jam.
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posted on
05/09/2013 9:07:28 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Stand Your Ground)
To: NonValueAdded
I just scared everlivinhell outta the catz when I read that.
I'm going to go change pants and regain my composure.
/johnny
To: TigersEye
You’re welcome.
Hey, won’t the cars driving by stick to it ?
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posted on
05/09/2013 9:08:31 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: TigersEye
No one’s credit card will work! LOL
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posted on
05/09/2013 9:08:51 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Stand Your Ground)
To: UCANSEE2
Only Corvettes and Fieros will be allowed on the road.
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posted on
05/09/2013 9:10:36 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Stand Your Ground)
To: NonValueAdded
All was going well as the convoy drove closer and closer to the lawn dart factory ...
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posted on
05/09/2013 9:12:19 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: Daffynition
3200 miles NY to Chicago?
I don’t think so. Not unless they go via Houston or something
To: UCANSEE2
I'm still laughing so hard the banjo across the room is resonating.
/johnny
To: Daffynition
Only Corvettes and Fieros will be allowed on the road.I guess you're one of those 'silver lining' people.
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posted on
05/09/2013 9:15:00 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: Marcella
To: Sequoyah101
“The Muon g-2 team has devised a plan to make the 3,200-mile journey that involves loading the ring onto a specially prepared truck that will transport it to a barge that will bring it down the East Coast, around the tip of Florida and up the Mississippi River to Illinois.”
Gotta read that whole darn thing.
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posted on
05/09/2013 9:17:15 PM PDT
by
REDWOOD99
("Everyone should pay taxes. Everyone should pay the same rate.)
To: Daffynition
well, it certainly is attractive
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posted on
05/09/2013 9:17:52 PM PDT
by
bigbob
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