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Muon g-2: Images & Videos

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The Muon g-2 ring, completely installed and cooled at Fermilab. The magnet, constructed at Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been lowered to its operating temperature of roughly minus 450 degrees Fahrenheit, and has been powered up to 5200 amps of current for the first time in more than a decade. Photo: Fermilab.


This time-lapse video shows the installation of the 50-foot wide Muon g-2 ring in its permanent home at Fermilab over the course of a year. Video: Fermilab.

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Workers slowly slide the 17-ton Muon g-2 electromagnet into its new home – a newly constructed building on the Fermilab site. After spending a year awaiting the completion of the building, the ring was transported across Fermilab on July 30, 2014, nearly one year to the day after arriving from Brookhaven National Laboratory. Photo: Fermilab.


The Muon g-2 electromagnet at rest outside its new home, a newly constructed building on the Fermilab site. The magnet was moved to the new building on July 30, 2014, nearly one year to the day after arriving from Brookhaven National Laboratory. Photo: Fermilab.


The Muon g-2 ring outside Wilson Hall at Fermilab in Illinois on July 26, 2013, the day its 3,200-mile land and sea journey from Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York concluded. Photo: Fermilab.


The 50-foot-wide Muon g-2 magnet on the highway in Illinois, on the way to Fermilab. The fragile ring began its 3,200-mile journey from New York in June of 2013, taking a barge south around Florida and up a series of rivers to Illinois, before being carefully driven over three nights to Fermilab. Photo: Fermilab.


The Muon g-2 electromagnet in its original configuration at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York, before beginning its 3,200-mile trek to Fermilab in Illinois. Photo: Brookhaven National Laboratory.