A facility to test short superconducting accelerator magnets at Fermilab

Author

Lamm, M.J. ; Butteris, J. ; Coulter, K. ; Hess, C. ; Lewis, D. ; Jaffery, T. ; Kinney, W. ; McInturff, A.D. ; Ozelis, J.P. ; Strait, J.

Author_Institution

Fermi Nat. Accel. Lab., Batavia, IL, USA

Volume

3

Issue

1

fYear

1993

fDate

3/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

740

Lastpage

743

Abstract

The superconducting magnet R&D facility at Fermilab (Lab 2) has successfully tested superconducting dipole, quadrupole, and correction coil magnets less than 2 m in length for the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) project and the Tevatron D0/B0 Low- beta Insertion. The authors describe the Lab 2 facility and the several upgrades which were developed to accomplish these successful test programs. Several improvements have been made to the facility that have greatly enhanced its magnet testing capabilities. Among the upgrades have been a new rotating coil and data acquisition system for measuring magnetic fields, a controlled flow liquid helium transfer line using an electronically actuated cryo valve, and stand-alone systems for measuring AC loss and training low current Tevatron correction coil packages. Tests are performed in vertical dewars of boiling liquid helium.<>

Keywords

beam handling equipment; cryogenics; data acquisition; proton accelerators; superconducting magnets; synchrotrons; AC loss; Fermilab; Lab 2; Low- beta Insertion; SSC; Superconducting Super Collider; Tevatron; controlled flow; correction coil; data acquisition system; dipole; electronically actuated cryo valve; liquid He; low current; magnet testing; magnetic fields; quadrupole; rotating coil; short superconducting accelerator magnets; stand-alone systems; test programs; transfer line; upgrades; vertical dewars; Accelerator magnets; Current measurement; Fluid flow measurement; Loss measurement; Magnetic field measurement; Rotation measurement; Superconducting coils; Superconducting magnets; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.233810

Filename

233810