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The superconductor coils for the prototype magnet will be made of magnesium diboride (MgB2), the same type of conductor that was developed in the form of wire for the High Luminosity Cold Powering project at CERN's Large Hadron Collider.
“In the framework of the project, we will test, in the coming months, a racetrack coil wound with an MgB2 superconducting tape,” says Bernardo Bordini, coordinator of CERN activity in the framework of the SR2S project. “The prototype coil is designed to quantify the effectiveness of the superconducting magnetic shielding technology.”
Back in April 2014, the CERN Superconductors team announced a world-record current in an electrical transmission line using cables made of the MgB2 superconductor. This result proved that the technology could be used in the form of wire and could be a viable solution for both electrical transmission for accelerator technology and long-distance power transportation. Now, the MgB2 superconductor has found another application: it will soon be tested in a prototype coil that could provide the solution to ensure safe trips for astronauts during deep-space missions. The idea is to create an active magnetic field to shield the spacecraft from high-energy cosmic particles. “In the framework of this project, CERN is testing MgB2 tape in a configuration that has specifically been developed for the SR2S project by Columbus Superconductors,” explains Amalia Ballarino, Superconductors and Superconducting Devices section leader.
originally posted by: zazzafrazz
The team at Cern are working on a a superconducting magnet to protect against radiation in deep space exploration. 'Tis a bit cool I think.
Now we just need inertial dampeners and a warp drive
The superconductor coils for the prototype magnet will be made of magnesium diboride (MgB2), the same type of conductor that was developed in the form of wire for the High Luminosity Cold Powering project at CERN's Large Hadron Collider.
“In the framework of the project, we will test, in the coming months, a racetrack coil wound with an MgB2 superconducting tape,” says Bernardo Bordini, coordinator of CERN activity in the framework of the SR2S project. “The prototype coil is designed to quantify the effectiveness of the superconducting magnetic shielding technology.”
Back in April 2014, the CERN Superconductors team announced a world-record current in an electrical transmission line using cables made of the MgB2 superconductor. This result proved that the technology could be used in the form of wire and could be a viable solution for both electrical transmission for accelerator technology and long-distance power transportation. Now, the MgB2 superconductor has found another application: it will soon be tested in a prototype coil that could provide the solution to ensure safe trips for astronauts during deep-space missions. The idea is to create an active magnetic field to shield the spacecraft from high-energy cosmic particles. “In the framework of this project, CERN is testing MgB2 tape in a configuration that has specifically been developed for the SR2S project by Columbus Superconductors,” explains Amalia Ballarino, Superconductors and Superconducting Devices section leader.
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The team at Cern are working on a a superconducting magnet to protect against radiation in deep space exploration.
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During long-duration trips in space and in the absence of the magnetosphere that protects people living on Earth, astronauts are bombarded with high-energy cosmic rays that might cause a significant increase in the probability of various types of cancers. Because of this, exploration missions to Mars or other distant destinations will only become realistically possible if an effective solution for adequately shielding astronauts is found. “If the prototype coil we will be testing produces successful results, we will have contributed important information to the feasibility of the superconducting magnetic shield,” says Ballarino.
originally posted by: odzeandennz
The team at Cern are working on a a superconducting magnet to protect against radiation in deep space exploration.
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I thought we developed protection years ago. we went to the moon several times with absolutely no issue and total disregard for radiation, and there appears to be absolutely no adverse effect on any of the astronauts, most outlive people never exposed to radiation.
CERN should work with NASA and find out how they successfully sent astronauts and sensitive equipment to space seemingly flawlessly (6 times manned, and countless unmanned) back in the 60's to early 70's.
I can control my car with my phone now, and the cell phone hasn't been around that long, yet somehow space exploration still progresses at this rate.
if it was that easy in the 60's and 70's , we shouldn't be researching radiation protection at this point in time.
in terms of long range, just piggy back on NASA's tech and improve it, since they were so successful each time
originally posted by: Orwells Ghost
a reply to: M5xaz
And how much will that weigh?
originally posted by: zazzafrazz
Now we just need inertial dampeners and a warp drive
A neutrino (/nuːˈtriːnoʊ/ or /njuːˈtriːnoʊ/, in Italian [nɛuˈtrino]) is an electrically neutral elementary particle[4] with half-integer spin. The neutrino (meaning "little neutral one" in Italian) is denoted by the Greek letter ν (nu). All evidence suggests that neutrinos have mass but that their masses are tiny, even compared to other subatomic particles.
Neutrinos are leptons, along with the charged electrons, muons, and taus, and come in three flavors: electron neutrinos (ν
e), muon neutrinos (ν
μ), and tau neutrinos (ν
τ). Each flavor is also associated with an antiparticle, called an "antineutrino", which also has no electric charge and half-integer spin. Neutrinos are produced in a way that conserves lepton number; i.e., for every electron neutrino produced, a positron (anti-electron) is produced, and for every electron antineutrino produced, an electron is produced as well.
Neutrinos do not carry any electric charge, which means that they are not affected by the electromagnetic force that acts on charged particles, and are leptons, so they are not affected by the strong force that acts on particles inside atomic nuclei. Neutrinos are therefore affected only by the weak subatomic force and by gravity. The weak force is a very short-range interaction, and gravity is extremely weak on the subatomic scale. Thus, neutrinos typically pass through normal matter unimpeded and undetected.
Neutrinos can be created in several ways, including in certain types of radioactive decay, in nuclear reactions such as those that take place in the Sun, in nuclear reactors, when cosmic rays hit atoms and in supernovas. The majority of neutrinos in the vicinity of the earth are from nuclear reactions in the Sun. In fact, about 65 billion (6.5×1010) solar neutrinos per second pass through every square centimeter perpendicular to the direction of the Sun in the region of the Earth.[5]
originally posted by: GetHyped
a reply to: odzeandennz
Reading the article helps.
originally posted by: odzeandennz
The team at Cern are working on a a superconducting magnet to protect against radiation in deep space exploration.
cds.cern.ch...
I thought we developed protection years ago. we went to the moon several times with absolutely no issue and total disregard for radiation, and there appears to be absolutely no adverse effect on any of the astronauts, most outlive people never exposed to radiation.
CERN should work with NASA and find out how they successfully sent astronauts and sensitive equipment to space seemingly flawlessly (6 times manned, and countless unmanned) back in the 60's to early 70's.
I can control my car with my phone now, and the cell phone hasn't been around that long, yet somehow space exploration still progresses at this rate.
if it was that easy in the 60's and 70's , we shouldn't be researching radiation protection at this point in time.
in terms of long range, just piggy back on NASA's tech and improve it, since they were so successful each time
originally posted by: odzeandennzthe gradual progression of radiation shielding doesn't make sense when compared to other say computer chip progression or television, or medicine, or communication or any other scientific branch.
and yes, I do realize its advancement is more directly proportional to funding than other scientific branches as well, but still...
sorry I digress a bit.
originally posted by: Orwells Ghost
a reply to: M5xaz
And how much will that weigh?