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by oyoman 1537 days ago
Just to let people knows: actually it is the common way to calibrate detectors and especially cylindrical detector system with a solenoid magnet. So nothing special in this.
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Just because it's common doesn't mean it's not special! (Actually, it sort-of by definition does mean that, but come on! It's still awesomely cool!)
I think it's still cool.