Unknown to many, the world's largest magnet, weighing 50,000 tonnes and slated to be several times bigger than the one at the Compact Muon Solenoid detector at CERN, Geneva, is being designed at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
The massive magnet will play a major role in the Rs 1,500-crore India-based Neutrino Observatory coming up 4,300 feet below a cave in a mountain not far from Madurai in Tamil Nadu.
Speaking to TOI on Monday, head of BARC's nuclear physics division Vivek Datar said that in terms of sheer dimensions the magnet being designed at the Trombay centre will be the largest in the world. "It will be iron-based, weighing 50,000 tonnes while the weight of the one at CERN ranges between 4,000 and 5,000 tonnes,'' he said. Other sources have, however, indicated that its weight is 12,500 tonnes.
Datar explained that the current plan envisages the magnet consisting of three modules. Work on the en-gineering model is expected to be completed in about three years. "We plan to do this near Madurai University,'' he said.
A formal green signal from the atomic energy commission is awaited.
source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Worlds-largest-magnet-in-design-at-BARC/articleshow/18801938.cms
The massive magnet will play a major role in the Rs 1,500-crore India-based Neutrino Observatory coming up 4,300 feet below a cave in a mountain not far from Madurai in Tamil Nadu.
Speaking to TOI on Monday, head of BARC's nuclear physics division Vivek Datar said that in terms of sheer dimensions the magnet being designed at the Trombay centre will be the largest in the world. "It will be iron-based, weighing 50,000 tonnes while the weight of the one at CERN ranges between 4,000 and 5,000 tonnes,'' he said. Other sources have, however, indicated that its weight is 12,500 tonnes.
Datar explained that the current plan envisages the magnet consisting of three modules. Work on the en-gineering model is expected to be completed in about three years. "We plan to do this near Madurai University,'' he said.
A formal green signal from the atomic energy commission is awaited.
source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Worlds-largest-magnet-in-design-at-BARC/articleshow/18801938.cms
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