Performance of helical magnets for RHIC

Author

Willen, Erich ; Anerella, Michael ; Escallier, J. ; Ganetis, G. ; Ghosh, A. ; Jain, A. ; Kelly, E. ; Morgan, G. ; Muratore, J. ; Prodell, A. ; Wanderer, P. ; Gupta, R. ; Okamura, M.

Author_Institution

Brookhaven Nat. Lab., Upton, NY, USA

Volume

10

Issue

1

fYear

2000

fDate

3/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

214

Lastpage

219

Abstract

Helical magnets are being built for the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) to act as Snakes and Rotators in a planned program of polarized colliding beam experiments. After a successful R&D program, production is underway to build the needed magnets. They are constructed as superconducting, 10 cm coil aperture units in which a 4 T dipole field rotates through 360 degrees in a length of 2.4 m Measurements have been made on the initial production magnets, including training, magnetic fields, and quench propagation characteristics.

Keywords

accelerator magnets; beam handling equipment; colliding beam accelerators; ion accelerators; storage rings; superconducting coils; superconducting magnets; synchrotrons; 10 cm; 2.4 m; 4 T; RHIC; Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider; helical magnets; polarized colliding beam experiments; quench propagation; rotators; snakes; superconducting coil; Cryogenics; Iron; Laboratories; Machine windings; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic separation; Magnets; Resistors; Superconducting cables; Superconducting coils;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.828213

Filename

828213