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The Superconducting Supercollider is estimated to have some 2 million liters of liquid helium and 1 million liters of liquid nitrogen associated with it (as well as some quantity of liquid argon). These cryogens are intended primarily for the purpose of inducing lowt-emperature superconductivity in the bending magnets (or for calorimetry duty). Data acquisition may require some 10,000, 1 Gbps links; data reduction will require up to 10 million VAX 780 equivalents; data storage needs are beyond current capabilities. The following argues that the extraordinary demands of the SSC upon electronics and photonics capabilities may justify extending the cryogens into other venues to reap benefits not widely recognized, at small incremental cost.
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Briley, B.E. (1990). A Suggestion for Extension of Magnet Cryogenics into Acquisition and Computation Electronics and Photonics. In: McAshan, M. (eds) Supercollider 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3728-1_39
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