Development of superconducting quadrupoles for heavy ion fusion

Author

Lietzke, A. ; Sabbi, G. ; Seidl, P. ; Shuman, D. ; Gung, C. ; Minervini, J. ; Schultz, J. ; Myatt, L. ; Lund, S. ; Manahan, B. ; Martovetsky, N. ; Hinson, B. ; Meinke, R.

Author_Institution

Lawrence Berkeley Nat. Lab., CA, USA

Volume

5

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

3436

Abstract

Multi-beam heavy-ion accelerators are considered as promising drivers for inertial fusion energy. The High Current Experiment (HCX) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) will test driver-scale beam dynamics in a single transport channel. Single bore, NbTi superconducting quadrupoles are being developed for the HCX, taking into account their possible use as modules in a quadrupole array magnet for multi-beam focusing. Two design approaches are considered, and prototype magnets of each type have been built and tested. The status of the R&D program is reported and a comparison of the two design options is presented

Keywords

accelerator magnets; ion accelerators; ion beams; niobium compounds; particle beam dynamics; particle beam focusing; particle beam fusion accelerators; plasma inertial confinement; superconducting magnets; HCX; High Current Experiment; LBNL; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; NbTi; design options; driver-scale beam dynamics; heavy ion fusion; inertial fusion energy; multibeam focusing; multibeam heavy-ion accelerators; single bore superconducting quadrupoles; single transport channel; superconducting quadrupoles; Acceleration; Accelerator magnets; Boring; Coils; Ion accelerators; Laboratories; Lattices; Particle beams; Superconducting magnets; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7191-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2001.988136

Filename

988136