The superconducting beam transport system at the NSCL

Author

Zeller, A.F. ; DeKamp, J.C. ; Magsig, C.T. ; Nolen, J.A.

Author_Institution

Nat. Superconducting Cyclotron Lab., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA

Volume

27

Issue

2

fYear

1991

fDate

3/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1951

Lastpage

1953

Abstract

The beam transport system at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab (NSCL) consists of 22 cryostats containing superconducting quadrupole doublets or triplets, and 9 superconducting dipoles. The quads achieve gradients of up to 35 T/m in the 10-cm-diameter warm bore. Operating at a maximum current of 20 A allows the helium consumption rate to be kept to less than 0.3 L/h. The dipoles produce fields in the 5-cm gap of over 1.9 T at a current of 100 A, and the two types produce bends of either ±16° or 22.5° at 1.75 T for the 1.6-GeV/c heavy ion beams produced by the K1200 superconducting cyclotron. One year´s operations experience demonstrates their efficiency and reliability

Keywords

beam handling equipment; cyclotrons; superconducting magnets; 1.75 to 1.9 T; 100 A; 20 A; NSCL; National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab; cryostats; efficiency; heavy ion beams; quadrupole triplets; reliability; superconducting beam transport system; superconducting cyclotron; superconducting dipoles; superconducting quadrupole doublets; Boring; Coils; Cyclotrons; Helium; Ion beams; Iron; Laboratories; Structural beams; Superconducting magnets; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.133585

Filename

133585