Inside the Large Hadron Collider (photos)
The heart of the LHC: a dipole magnet
At the heart of the LHC are 1,232 dipole magnets, of which this is a cross section. The dipole magnet creates a nearly linear magnetic field that steers the beam of ionized particles around the accelerator. Two beams travel separately in opposite directions through the left and right central channels.
Author: Stephen Shankland
Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET
