Title :
Design, development and fabrication for BESIII superconducting muon detector solenoid
Author :
Wang, B. ; Wahrer, B. ; Taylor, C. ; Chen, C. ; Juang, T. ; Wang, M. ; Zhu, Z. ; Chen, H. ; Xu, S. ; Yi, C. ; Zhao, L. ; Yang, H. ; Zhou, J. ; Hu, J. ; Huang, B.
Author_Institution :
Wang NMR Inc., Livermore, CA, USA
fDate :
6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The BESIII thin superconducting solenoid will generate 1.0 T central field with a field uniformity of 5% within the drift chamber. The superconducting coil winding has an ID of 2962 mm, an OD of 3002 mm and a length of 3550 mm. The overall magnet cryostat has an I.D. of 2750 mm (warm bore), an O.D. of 3390 mm and a length of 3910 mm. Rectangular Aluminum Stabilized Nb-Ti/Cu Superconductor, 3.7 mm × 20 mm, is employed to wind the one-layer coil inside a hoop-force support cylinder. The winding is indirectly cooled by forced-flow two-phase liquid helium. The thermal shield is also indirectly cooled by two-phase liquid nitrogen circulating in a tracing tube. The 4.5 K coil together with its support cylinder weighs 3583 kg. It is supported by twenty-four radial supports and twenty-four axial supports. The supports are designed for electromagnetic de-centering forces of 63.7 kN radial and 122.3 kN axial in addition to a 3 g axial and radial acceleration load. The 80 K thermal shields are supported by eight cold mass supports against 3 g load. The detailed magnet and cryostat design and the design of cold mass support and the coil fabrication process will be discussed.
Keywords :
copper alloys; muon detection; niobium alloys; superconducting magnets; titanium alloys; 1 T; 2.75 m; 2.962 m; 20 mm; 3.002 m; 3.39 m; 3.483 Mg; 3.55 m; 3.7 mm; 3.91 m; 4.5 K; BESIII superconducting muon detector solenoid; NbTi-Cu; aluminum stabilized superconductor; axial supports; coil fabrication process; cold mass supports; electromagnetic de-centering forces; forced-flow two-phase liquid helium; radial supports; superconducting coil; thermal shield; thermal shields; thin superconducting solenoid; two-phase liquid nitrogen; Aluminum; Boring; Detectors; Fabrication; Helium; Mesons; Nitrogen; Solenoids; Superconducting coils; Superconducting magnets; 1.0 T central field; Muon detection; rectangular aluminum stabilized Nb-Ti/Cu superconductor wire; superconducting thin solenoid;
Journal_Title :
Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TASC.2005.849557