Thursday, August 8, 2013

How a 17-ton electromagnet was transported from Long Island to Chicago


It's not every day you need to ship a giant, 17-ton particle accelerator halfway across the country, but that's the challenge that recently faced the Brookhaven National Laboratory and Fermilab. The massive Muon g-2 electromagnetic ring was set to be transported all the way from Brookhaven on Long Island to Fermilab in Chicago, but there was some debate on the best way to do it. Eventually, the Muon took a roundabout route, floating down the eastern seaboard and then up the Mississippi river on a barge — it was deemed the safest and most cost-effective route, given the fact that the massive ring contained coils that would be rendered inoperable after a twist of only 3 millimeters.


But first, the Muon had to make its way from...


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