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Title: Measurements of the persistent current decay and snapback effect in Tevatron dipole magnets

Conference ·
OSTI ID:898398

A systematic study of the persistent current decay and snapback effect in the fields of Tevatron accelerator dipoles was performed at the Fermilab Magnet Test Facility (MTF). The decay and snapback were measured under a range of conditions including variations of the current ramp parameters and magnet operational history. The study has mostly focused on the dynamic behavior of the normal sextupole component. In addition, the paper presents the persistent current effects observed in the other allowed field harmonics as well. The results provide new information about the previously observed ''excess'' decay during the first several seconds of the sextupole decay during injection and the correlation between the snapback amplitude and its duration.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
898398
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-CONF-06-302-TD; TRN: US200706%%437
Resource Relation:
Conference: Presented at Applied Superconductivity Conference (ASC 2006), Seattle, Washington, 27 Aug - 1 Sep 2006
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English