CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF PION CAPTURE MAGNETS OF UP TO 15 CM BORE AND 20 T PEAK FIELD.
For the Neutrino Factory and Muon Collider Collaboration, BNL has considered solenoidal magnet systems of several types to capture pions generated by bombarding a mercury jet with multi-GeV protons. The magnet systems generate up to 20 T, uniform to 5% throughout a cylindrical volume 0.15 m in diameter and 0.6 m long. Axially downstream the field ramps gradually downward by a factor of sixteen, while the bore increases fourfold. The steady-state system needed for an accelerator has many superconducting coils and a radiation-resistant insert of mineral-insulated hollow conductor. Less costly, pulsed systems suffice to study pion capture and the effect of a magnetic field on a jet hit by a proton beam. BNL has explored three types of magnets, each with its principal coils precooled by liquid nitrogen. One type employs two sets of coils energized sequentially. Charged in 23 s by a power supply of 5 MVA, the 16ton outer set generates 10 T and stores 28 MJ, from which, in 1/3 s, to charge a half-ton inner coil that adds 12 1/2 T to the 7 1/2 T remaining from the outer set. An alternative design uses 25 MVA to energize, in 1.4 s, a single 3-ton set of coils. The third type bows to budgetary constraints and is more modest in size and performance. A magnet of 2-3 tons generates 10-11 T with only 2 MVA, in a bore big enough (11 cm) to accommodate the jet. It forgoes the field ramp that improves pion retention.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-98CH10886
- OSTI ID:
- 793041
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-69044; R&D Project: PO23; KA04; TRN: US0200932
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 17TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MAGNET TECHNOLOGY, GENEVA (CH), 09/24/2001--09/28/2001; Other Information: PBD: 24 Sep 2001
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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