Degradation studies of Fermilab low beta-quadrupole cable

Conference · Fri Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1991 · IEEE Transactions on Magnetics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

OSTI ID:5901354

Gourlay, S A ^[1]; Garber, M ^[2]; Royet, J; Scanlan, R M ^[3]

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1. Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (United States)
2. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
3. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)

This paper reports on the production of high gradient superconducting quadrupoles for the Tevatron DO/BO Low Beta insertion that is currently underway at Fermilab. The two-shell design utilizes a 36-strand Rutherford style cable produced by Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. A measure of cable quality is usually given by a comparison of the critical current of the cable with the sum of the critical currents of the strand. A recent study involving variations in the cabling conditions and dimensional parameters has resulted in a significant decrease in degradation. Over the period of cable production degradation has been reduced from an average of 12% to less than 4%.

• OSTI ID: 5901354
• Report Number(s): CONF-900944--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Magnetics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Journal Volume: 27:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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