Cryostat design and fabrication for the NHMFL/NSCL sweeper magnet

Author

Bird, Mark D. ; Bole, Scott ; Gundlach, Scott ; Kenney, Steve ; Miller, John ; Toth, Jack ; Zeller, Al

Author_Institution

National High Magnetic Field Lab., Tallahassee, FL, USA

Volume

14

Issue

2

fYear

2004

fDate

6/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

564

Lastpage

567

Abstract

The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida and the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory in East Lansing, Michigan have been collaborating on the design and construction of a large-gap, compact superconducting sweeper magnet for nuclear physics experiments. The magnet consists of two NbTi D-shaped coils and 20 tons of magnet iron in a "C" configuration. The coils were successfully bucket tested in their support structures during the summer of 2002. The design of the cryostat was completed in late 2002 and construction is nearly completed. System testing is expected to occur late in 2003.

Keywords

accelerator magnets; cryostats; niobium alloys; superconducting coils; superconducting magnets; titanium alloys; National High Magnetic Field Laboratory; National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory; NbTi; cryostat design; cryostat fabrication; large gap dipole; magnet iron; nuclear physics experiments; superconducting dipole; sweeper magnet; Collaboration; Cyclotrons; Fabrication; Laboratories; Magnetic fields; Niobium compounds; Nuclear physics; Superconducting coils; Superconducting magnets; Titanium compounds; Large gap dipole; superconducting dipole;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2004.829720

Filename

1324856