Prototype thin superconducting solenoid for particle astrophysics in space

Author

Mito, T. ; Yamamoto, A. ; Makida, Y. ; Haruyama, T. ; Inoue, H. ; Kimura, N. ; Minowa, N. ; Yamaoka, Hiroshi ; Doi, Y.

Author_Institution

Nat. Lab. for High Energy Phys., Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

25

Issue

2

fYear

1989

fDate

3/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1663

Lastpage

1666

Abstract

A description is given of a prototype magnet which is a very thin and lightweight superconducting solenoid 1 m in diameter, 1.3 m in length and with a 1.27 T central field. The authors plan to use this device in balloon experiments scheduled for 1990 to measure high-energy cosmic rays as preliminaries to the experiment in space. They have constructed the model magnet, which is the same size as the prototype magnet and has 1/4 superconducting wire and 3/4 dummy wire. The cooling, exciting, and quench properties of this magnet were measured and compared with design values to verify the coil winding technique and the static indirect cooling method using pure aluminum

Keywords

aerospace instrumentation; cosmic ray apparatus; superconducting magnets; 1 m; 1.27 T; 1.3 m; balloon experiments; coil winding technique verification; cooling properties; cosmic ray; exciting properties; lightweight superconducting solenoid; measure high-energy cosmic rays; model magnet; particle astrophysics in space; prototype magnet; quench properties; static indirect cooling method; thin superconducting solenoid; Astrophysics; Cooling; Cosmic rays; Extraterrestrial measurements; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic properties; Prototypes; Solenoids; Superconducting filaments and wires; Superconducting magnets;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.92620

Filename

92620