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383 - The LHC Beam Dump

podcast (en) – omega tau science & engineering podcast by Markus Voelter

Feb 6, 202201:30:55Science & Medicine

The beam dump is a large graphite block used to take up the energy stored in the LHC beam in case the beam needs to be shut down. Since the energy in the beam can be as high as the kinetic energy of a landing 747-400, de...

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