Cryogenics Research Group

Cryogenics is the science and technology of very low temperatures. It includes knowledge of the properties of materials and fluids at low temperatures as well as the technologies of producing and maintaining low temperatures.

Outside the MagLab many other organizations and technologies depend on cryogenics. These include:

• Large energy projects such as high energy physics accelerators and nuclear fusion reactors that utilize superconducting magnets to confine and accelerate charged particles
• The international space program where many of the rocket fuels are cryogenic (LH₂ and LO₂) and many of the scientific experiments are conducted at very low temperatures
• Magnetic resonance imaging that has become a critical diagnostic tool for medical professionals around the world