A decommissioned LHC test magnet is being prepared as the CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST) experiment. The magnet has a field of 9.6 Tesla and length of 10 meters. It is being mounted on a platform to track the sun over plus or minus 8 to the sixth power vertically and plus or minus 45 to the sixth power, horizontally.
Revised: May 15, 2003 |
Published: October 10, 2002
Citation
Aalseth C.E., E. Arik, D. Autiero, F.T. Avignone, K. Barth, S.M. Bowyer, and H. Brauninger, et al. 2002.The CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST).Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplement 110.PNNL-SA-38422.