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Original – The hull of the ATLAS particle detector. The eight toroid magnets (covered with orange stripes) can be seen surrounding the central cavity. The inner detector and calorimeters will later be moved into the middle.
Reason
The hull of the ATLAS particle detector experiment at CERN being constructed in 2005. For an overview of the project see the lead section of the article. The experiments have been ongoing since 2008. The photo highlights the eight toroid magnets wrapped with orange bands. For a physical layout of the project see the lead image in the Detector systems section and its image caption.
Articles in which this image appears
ATLAS experiment
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Others
Creator
Maximilien Brice, CERN

Promoted File:Installing the ATLAS Calorimeter - edit1.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:29, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]