2006
NOVEMBER
The CMS experiment lowers the first 3 sections of its detector into the experimental cavern. There are altogether 15 sections; each one takes 10 hours to make the 100 metre descent underground.
NOVEMBER
The ATLAS experiment's barrel toroid magnet, the largest superconducting magnet ever built, is revved up to maximum current. The magnet reaches its nominal field of 4 teslas, with an electrical current of 21 000 amperes.
