The two-coil toroid magnet, an option for ASTROMAG

Author

Green, Martin A. ; Basini, G. ; Ricci, M. ; Codino, A. ; Spillantini, Piero ; Rosetelli, F.

Author_Institution

Lawrence Berkeley Lab., California Univ., CA, USA

Volume

24

Issue

2

fYear

1988

fDate

3/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1015

Lastpage

1018

Abstract

The ASTROMAG particle astrophysics experiment for the US space station requires a magnetic field in order to determine the energy and momentum of charged particles of various momenta. A second concept for generating magnetic field for ASTROMAG is presented. This magnet configuration consists of two D-shaped coils which form a two-coil toroid. The two coils are located within a paddle connected to a spherical helium tank. The physics detectors would be located on either side of the flat paddle. The particles travel toward the tank in a direction approximately parallel to the paddle surface. A description is given of the two-coil toroid, the magnet cryostat, and the helium II cryogenic system, which keeps the magnet cold for up to two years without refilling.

Keywords

coils; superconducting magnets; ⁴He cryogenic system; ASTROMAG; D-shaped coils; US space station; magnet cryostat; paddle; particle astrophysics experiment; spherical helium tank; two-coil toroid magnet; Cryogenics; Detectors; Helium; Magnetic flux; Magnetic moments; Magnetic separation; Space stations; Superconducting coils; Superconducting magnets; Toroidal magnetic fields;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.11400

Filename

11400