Partial lifetime test of an SSC Collider dipole

• Published in: IEEE transactions on magnetics Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 1738 - 1741
• Main Authors: Wanderer, P., Anerella, M., Ganetis, G., Garber, M., Ghosh, A.K., Greene, A., Gupta, R., Jain, A., Kahn, S., Kelly, E., Morgan, G., Muratore, J., Prodell, A., Rehak, M., Rohrer, E.P., Sampson, W., Shutt, R., Thomas, R., Thompson, P., Willen, E., Akhmetov, A., Bush, T., Capone, W.D., Coombes, R., Devred, A., Dimarco, J., Goodzeit, C., Krzywinski, J., Kuzminski, J., Nah, W., Ogitsu, T., Radusewicz, P., Schermer, R., Stiening, R., Tompkins, J.C., Wake, M., Zbasnik, J., Zhao, Y., Zheng, H.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY IEEE 01-07-1994; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Subjects: Apertures; Applied sciences; Electrical engineering. Electrical power engineering; Electromagnets; Exact sciences and technology; Laboratories; Life estimation; Lifetime estimation; Magnetic separation; Research and development; Superconducting coils; Superconducting magnets; Temperature; Testing; Various equipment and components; Particle accelerator; Electrical engineering; Superconducting magnet; Electromagnet; Thermal cycle; Superconductive winding; Review; Performance; Magnetic field; Particle collision
• ISSN: 0018-9464; 1941-0069
• DOI: 10.1109/20.305592

Over a period of ten months, a 15 m-long, 50 mm-aperture superconducting SSC Collider dipole was taken through a series of thermal and power cycles to check for changes in performance. One quench below operating current was experienced during this period. Small changes in the coil preload and certain harmonics were observed.< >