Magnet deliveries kicking off the year

By Florence Thompson and Susana Izquierdo Bermudez (CERN)

Figure 1. Left: D2 cryoassembly, containing the second MBRD series magnet and two MCBRD correctors (MCBRDP3 and MCBRDP4). Middle: first US-AUP cryoassembly delivered to CERN in December 2023. Right: second US-AUP cryoassembly, delivered to CERN in January 2025. Photo: Mike Struik / CERN

In the last couple of months, CERN has received three magnet shipments for the HL-LHC project: the first D1 series cold mass, the sixth series D2 corrector magnet, and the second series US-AUP cryoassembly.

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