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Siberian Snake' Magnets at Brookhaven's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider

Caption: RHIC's "siberian snake" magnets have a corkscrew-like design, which causes the direction of the magnetic field to spiral along the direction of the beam. There are two snakes in each of RHIC’s two 2.4-mile-circumference rings, located at opposite sides of each ring. As the beam moves through the snakes, the magnetic field flips the polarization allowing scientists to maintain a stable beam.

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