The lords of the coldest cold.

Les maîtres de l'extrême-froid.

Type of article: Article, Review

Summary

The paper deals with the CEA's achievements, in both fields of fundamental research and applications. It mentions a certain number of top performances: achievement of the prototype of superconducting quadripolary magnets for the HERA proton collider (Hamburg); achievement of the two first focusing quadripoles of the future Large Hadron Collider (LHC in the CERN); surveys on superconducting wheels for the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS), that will be the future LHC detectors; achievement of large superconducting niobium cavities for accelerators, with a top performing field of 28 megavolts/mn in a laboratory and 18 megavolts/mn in operating conditions; study of controlled nuclear fusion; dilution cryogenerators to operate between 10 and 100 milliK; cryorefrigerators for infrared observation, etc. J.V.

Details

Original title: Les maîtres de l'extrême-froid.
Record ID : 1995-3414
Languages: French
Source: Défis CEA - n. 28
Publication date: 1994/05
Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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Indexing

Themes: Cryology, gas processing: general information;
Small-scale cryogenic applications, cryocoolers;
Superconduction;
Other applications of cryogenic temperatures
Keywords: Superconducting magnet; Superconducting coil; France; Research; Review; Nuclear energy; Cryocooler; Cryogenics; Accelerator