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LIGO's size is also deceptive, the legs are kilometers long but the design is an L with the important bit being to vibrationally isolate things, maintain dimens
by neltnerb 5y ago
LIGO's size is also deceptive, the legs are kilometers long but the design is an L with the important bit being to vibrationally isolate things, maintain dimensional stability, and maintain vacuum.
ITER is likely bigger in terms of volume of concrete or actual footprint.
- lambdatronics 5y agoHmm, looks like ITER and LHC both use about the same amount of superconductor: around 500 tons. [0]https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1018583 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1018583 [1]https://www.iter.org/mach/Magnets https://www.iter.org/mach/Magnets