Construction and Commissioning of the Magnets for the OPERA Experiment

Author

Falcone, R. Adinolfi ; Bergnoli, A. ; Cazes, A. ; Cecchetti, A. ; Dulach, B. ; Fanin, C. ; Fulgenzi, A. ; Garfagnini, A. ; Grianti, F. ; Incurvati, M. ; Mengucci, A. ; Orecchini, D. ; Peiro, G. ; Pellegrino, Laurent ; Sanelli, C. ; Spinetti, M. ; Terranov

Author_Institution

Laboratori Nazionzli del Gran Sasso, INFN

Volume

1

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 29 2006-Nov. 1 2006

Firstpage

447

Lastpage

450

Abstract

The construction and commissioning of the 990-ton gapless iron magnets for the OPERA experiment is presented. These magnets have been built in a deep underground hall of the Gran Sasso laboratories between 2003 and 2006 and they have been switched on for the first time in March 2006. In this poster we discuss the mechanic, electric and thermal characterization of these devices as well as measurements of the magnetic field by means of pickup coils. Moreover, we discuss the commissioning of the auxiliary systems (power supply, water cooling plant); first neutrino beam has been sent in August 2006 and is also reported.

Keywords

electromagnets; neutrino detection; particle spectrometers; 990 ton; AD 2006 08; OPERA experiment; gapless iron magnets; neutrino beam; power supply; water cooling plant; Coils; Cooling; Electric variables measurement; Iron; Laboratories; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic switching; Magnets; Mechanical variables measurement; Power supplies; OPERA; magnet; muon; neutrino; spectrometer;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2006. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1095-7863

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0560-2

Electronic_ISBN

1095-7863

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.356194

Filename

4179033