ASTROMAG: A superconducting particle astrophysics magnet facility for the space station

Author

Green, M.A. ; Smoot, G.F. ; Golden, R.L. ; Israel, M.H. ; Kephart, R. ; Niemann, R. ; Mewalt, R.A. ; Ormes, J.F. ; Spillantini, P. ; Wiedenbeck, M.E.

Author_Institution

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA

Volume

23

Issue

2

fYear

1987

fDate

3/1/1987 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1240

Lastpage

1243

Abstract

This paper describes a superconducting magnet system which is the heart of a particle astrophysics facility to be mounted on a portion of the proposed NASA space station. This facility will complete the studies done by the electromagnetic observatories now under development and construction by NASA. The paper outlines the selection process of the type of magnet to be used to analyze the energy and momentum of charged particles from deep space. The ASTROMAG superconducting magnet must meet all the criteria for a shuttle launch and landing, and it must meet safety standards for use in or near a manned environment such as the space station. The magnet facility must have a particle gathering aperture of at least 1 square meter steradian and the facility should be capable of resolving heavy nuclei with a total energy of 10 Tev or more.

Keywords

Extraterrestrial measurements; Space stations; Spectroscopy; Superconducting magnets; Astrophysics; Heart; Magnetic analysis; NASA; Observatories; Safety; Space charge; Space shuttles; Space stations; Superconducting magnets;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMAG.1987.1064905

Filename

1064905