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Heritage collection CERN-OBJ-CERN-OBJ-AC-038
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Slice of a LEP bending magnet
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This is a slice of a LEP dipole bending magnet, made as a concrete and iron sandwich. The bending field needed in LEP is small (about 1000 Gauss), equivalent to two of the magnets people stick on fridge doors. Because it is very difficult to keep a low field steady, a high field was used in iron plates embedded in concrete. A CERN breakthrough in magnet design, LEP dipoles can be tuned easily and are cheaper than conventional magnets.
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54 cm Yes 50 cm 60 cm
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On loan, 282.
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CDS number
44003
Object Number
OBJOBJ 0000285
