Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
At 1 a.m. on Monday, 17 July, the #LHC beams were dumped due to an electrical perturbation. Approximately 300 milliseconds later, several magnets lost their superconducting state (“quenched”).
Among the magnets that quenched on 17 July were the inner triplet magnets located to the left of Point 8 of the LHC, which play a crucial role in focusing the beams for the LHCb experiment. Unfortunately, this time, the quenches led to a helium leak in these magnets and stopped regular LHC operations.
In this interview, Paul Cruikshank, of the #Technology Department, describes the ten day race against the clock to successfully repair the leak.
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At 1 a.m. on Monday, 17 July, the #LHC beams were dumped due to an electrical perturbation. Approximately 300 milliseconds later, several magnets lost their superconducting state (“quenched”).
Among the magnets that quenched on 17 July were the inner triplet magnets located to the left of Point 8 of the LHC, which play a crucial role in focusing the beams for the LHCb experiment. Unfortunately, this time, the quenches led to a helium leak in these magnets and stopped regular LHC operations.
In this interview, Paul Cruikshank, of the #Technology Department, describes the ten day race against the clock to successfully repair the leak.
#AskAnEngineer
