CHESS-U Magnet Program update
To minimize the shut down (“dark”) time, we are placing all new magnets on girders. Then, when CESR operation is stopped for the upgrade, the girders will be moved to the tunnel and fitted into the storage ring. Each of the twelve girders contains two horizontal focusing quadrupole magnets, one large combined function magnet (bends the beam trajectory and focuses the beam vertically), and four small correcting magnets.