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Title: Magnetic analysis of the MQXF quadrupole for the high-luminosity LHC

Journal Article · · IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
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  1. European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland)
  2. Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

The high-luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) requires new high-field and large-aperture quadrupole magnets for the low-beta inner triplets (MQXF). The U.S. HiLumi-LHC Accelerator Upgrade and CERN are jointly developing a 150-mm aperture Nb3Sn magnet. Due to the large beam size and orbit displacement in the final focusing triplet, MQXF has challenging field quality targets at collision energy. Magnetic measurements have been performed both at ambient and cryogenic temperatures in the four short models that were built and tested. This paper presents the magnetic analysis, comparing field measurements with the expectations and the field quality requirements. Furthermore, the analysis is focused on the geometrical harmonics and iron saturation effect, including three-dimensional effects and transfer function repeatability. Additionally, ersistent currents and dynamic effects are also discussed.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1650069
Journal Information:
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, Vol. 29, Issue 5; ISSN 1051-8223
Publisher:
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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