Title :
A Short Model Excitation of an Asymmetric Force Free SuperconductingTransmission Line Magnet
Author :
Wake, M. ; Sato, H. ; Carcagno, R. ; Foster, W. ; Hays, S. ; Kashikhin, V. ; Oleck, A. ; Piekarz, H. ; Rabehl, R.
Author_Institution :
High Energy Accelerator Res. Organ., Ibaraki
fDate :
6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A short model of asymmetric force free magnet with single beam aperture was tested at Fermilab together with the excitation test of VLHC transmission line magnet. The design concept of asymmetric force free superconducting magnet was verified by the test. The testing reached up to 104 kA current and no indication of force imbalance was observed. Since the model magnet length was only 10 cm, A 0.75 m model was constructed and tested at KEK with low current to ensure the validity of the design. The cool down and the excitation at KEK were also successful finding very small thermal contraction of the conductor and reasonable field homogeneity
Keywords :
accelerator magnets; superconducting device testing; superconducting magnets; superconducting transmission lines; 104 kA; VLHC superconducting transmission line magnet; asymmetric force magnet; excitation test; field homogeneity; short model excitation; thermal contraction; Apertures; Conducting materials; Conductors; Iron; Magnetic materials; Permeability; Saturation magnetization; Superconducting magnets; Superconducting transmission lines; Testing; Asymmetric; VLHC; force free design; low field superconducting magnet; transmission line magnet;
Journal_Title :
Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TASC.2006.871233
