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TOMSK, Oct
8 – RIA Tomsk. Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) and Royal
Holloway, University of London will develop a complex on measurement of a
proton bunch of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at higher capacities, than
existing now, the press service of the higher education institution reports on
Thursday.
"Speed
of particles in the LHC on counter bunches is close to velocity of light in
vacuum. With the help of such power scientists of the European center of
nuclear researches (CERN) discovered the well-known Higgs boson. <…> For
the purpose of continuation of experiments scientists plan to increase
intensity of a proton bunch twice. If we make it now, the equipment cannot
withstand the load", – it is told in the message.
Together
with scientists of the London University Tomsk polytechnicians intend to create
the diagnostic equipment for measurement of position and length of a proton
bunch in the LHC. Joint researches will be carried out on the basis of the Laboratory
of development of electromagnetic radiation sources of the RASA Center at TPU.
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"If we
send the bunch directly to the accelerating structure, it will destroy it
completely. Restoration costs several million euro. It can't be allowed.
<…> The main complexity of our task is that we have to measure bunch
parameters with high precision, without seeing it and without interacting with
it", – the press service quotes professor Pavel Karatayev from Royal Holloway.
On the
basis of RASA scientists plan to create the monitors controlling parameters of
bunches of charged particles: their location and sizes. Thus the process of
measurement of the bunch won't affect its parameters in any way, won't distort
purity of experiment on the LHC.
Scientists plan
to make experiments in Tomsk and Great Britain. "Modernization of the
equipment for a new investigation phase will be begun in 2020, now CERN
scientists collect demands from higher education institutions and scientific
centers of the world to find new offers and development. Offers are accepted
till 2018", – the chief of scientific department of Physics and technology
institute of TPU Alexander Wagner noted.