Design and construction of a 1 m model of the low current superconducting quadrupole for the LHC insertions

Authors
Kirby, GA Lucas, J Ostojic, R Rodriguez-Mateos, F Krischel, D Schillo, M
Citation
Ga. Kirby et al., Design and construction of a 1 m model of the low current superconducting quadrupole for the LHC insertions, IEEE APPL S, 10(1), 2000, pp. 150-153
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
ISSN journal
10518223 → ACNP
Volume
10
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
150 - 153
Database
ISI
SICI code
1051-8223(200003)10:1<150:DACOA1>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
About one hundred individually powered low current superconducting quadrupo les will be installed in the LHC insertions. One of the design requirements was to keep the excitation current of the magnet below 6 kA in view of min imizing the costs of the powering circuits. The design of the quadrupole is based on a 8.2 mm NbTi cable, and is designed for a nominal gradient of 20 0 T/m at 1.9 K. In this paper we present the design of the quadrupole and d iscuss the construction details of the 1 m single aperture model which has been recently completed.