DocumentCode
2945618
Title
The measure challenge of the LHC project
Author
Fernqvist, G.
Author_Institution
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
fYear
1998
fDate
6-10 July 1998
Firstpage
237
Lastpage
238
Abstract
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is CERN´s next accelerator project, to be commissioned in 2005. The project presents unprecedented challenges in the accurate control of high currents up to 13 kA. Around 1600 superconducting magnet circuits are deployed in the underground, 27 km circumference, tunnel. A new concept with quasi-on-line calibration is proposed.
Keywords
accelerator magnets; calibration; colliding beam accelerators; electric current control; proton accelerators; storage rings; superconducting magnets; synchrotrons; 13 kA; CERN; LHC; Large Hadron Collider; accelerator; current control; measurement technology; quasi-on-line calibration; superconducting magnet circuit; Calibration; Extraterrestrial measurements; Large Hadron Collider; Magnetic circuits; Particle accelerators; Proton accelerators; Reproducibility of results; Stability; Superconducting magnets; Transducers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Precision Electromagnetic Measurements Digest, 1998 Conference on
Conference_Location
Washington, DC, USA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5018-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CPEM.1998.699885
Filename
699885
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