"The electromagnet, which weighs at least 15 tons, was the largest in the world when it was built by scientists at Brookhaven in the 1990s, Morse said. Brookhaven scientists no longer have a need for the electromagnet, so it is being moved to the Fermi laboratory, where it will be used in a new experiment called Muon g-2. The experiment will study the properties of muons, subatomic particles that live only 2.2 millionths of a second. The results of the experiment could create new discoveries in the realm of particle physics, said Chris Polly, manager of the Muon g-2 project at Fermilab." abcnews.go/Technology/wireStory/scientists-moving-15-ton-magnet-ny-chicago-19415098#.Ub5ya_kQO7I
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:30:43 +0000
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