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Design, Fabrication, and Test of a Superconducting Dipole Magnet Based on Tilted Solenoids

Journal Article · · IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
It can be shown that, by superposing two solenoid-like thin windings that are oppositely skewed (tilted) with respect to the bore axis, the combined current density on the surface is 'cos-theta' like and the resulting magnetic field in the bore is a pure dipole. As a proof of principle, such a magnet was designed, built and tested as part of a summer undergraduate intern project. The measured field in the 25mm bore, 4 single strand layers using NbTi superconductor, exceeded 1 T. The simplicity of this high field quality design, void of typical wedges end-spacers and coil assembly, is especially suitable for insert-coils using High Temperature Superconducting wire as well as for low cost superconducting accelerator magnets for High Energy Physics. Details of the design, construction and test are reported.
Research Organization:
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
Accelerator& Fusion Research Division
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
949207
Report Number(s):
LBNL-1578E
Journal Information:
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 17
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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