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Title: Record fast-cycling accelerator magnet based on HTS conductor

Journal Article · · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Four decades ago development of high-current superconducting NbTi wire cables revolutionized the magnet technology for energy frontier accelerators, such as Tevatron, RHIC and LHC. The NbTi based magnets offered advantage of much higher fields B and much lower electric wall plug power consumption if operated at 4.5 K but relatively small ramping rates $dB/dt$ << 0.1 T/s. The need for the accelerators of high average beam power and high repetition rates have initiated studies of fast ramping SC magnets, but it was found the AC losses in the low-temperature superconductors preclude obtaining the rates in the excess of (1- 4) T/s. Here we report the first application of high-temperature superconductor magnet technology with substantially lower AC losses and report record high ramping rates of 12 T/s achieved in a prototype dual-aperture accelerator magnet.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1596065
Report Number(s):
arXiv:1903.03853; FERMILAB-PUB-19-096-AD-APC; oai:inspirehep.net:1724506; TRN: US2101833
Journal Information:
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 943, Issue C; ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 5 works
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Web of Science

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journal April 2010