ASTROMAG: A superconducting particle astrophysics magnet facility for the space station
This paper describes a superconducting magnet system which is the heart of a particle astrophysics facility to be mounted on a portion of the proposed NASA space station. This facility will complete the studies done by the electromagnetic observatories now under development and construction by NASA. The paper outlines the selection process of the type of magnet to be used to analyze the energy and momentum of charged particles from deep space. The ASTROMAG superconducting magnet must meet all the criteria for a shuttle launch and landing, and it must meet safety standards for use in or near a manned environment such as the space station. The magnet facility must have a particle gathering aperture of at least 1 square meter steradian and the facility should be capable of resolving heavy nuclei with a total energy of 10 Tev or more. 4 refs., 3 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces (USA); Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (USA); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States); NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- OSTI ID:
- 6984614
- Report Number(s):
- LBL-22343; CONF-860914-10; ON: DE87002574
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Applied superconductivity conference (ASC '86), Baltimore, MD, USA, 28 Sep 1986; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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