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I’d expect the inside to be a vacuum. Isn’t the air causing trouble or energy loss for the beam?
by hyperman1 6y ago
I’d expect the inside to be a vacuum. Isn’t the air causing trouble or energy loss for the beam?
- ygra 6y agoAs described in Kyle Hill's video about the incident, the proton beam crosses through air in a room to reach various instruments and that's where it was accessible to a curious head poking in.
- barbegal 6y agoI'm guessing he was working on an experiment where the proton beam exits the vacuum chamber and interacts with a sample and some detectors outside of a vacuum. https://www.isis.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/Chipir-technical-information.aspx https://www.isis.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/Chipir-technical-informati... shows an example where a neutron beam exits into a shielded block house where experiments can take place. In this modern particle accelerator access to the block house is controlled by digital and mechanical interlocks to prevent such an accident occurring.