Components & Hardware
Cryostat
The large vacuum enclosure insulating the cold magnets.
- Role
- Insulating vacuum
The cryostat is the outer vacuum vessel surrounding the entire cold mass, providing the insulating vacuum that keeps room-temperature heat from reaching the magnets.
Common questions
What does the cryostat do?
It is the large vacuum enclosure around the entire cold mass, providing the insulating vacuum that stops room-temperature heat from reaching the magnets so the cryoplant only handles residual leaks.
Is it a novel structure?
No — it is a large but conventional vacuum vessel. The engineering is scale and penetrations, not new physics.