Development of a high precision small aperture quadrupole magnet with copper plate coils

Abstract

Using the conventional coil manufacturing method, the iron core of a small aperture quadrupole magnet needs to be divided into four or more segments to install the excitation coils, which brings assembly errors and generates high-order magnetic field harmonics. In this paper, the development of a high-precision small-aperture quadrupole magnet named HQ22 using copper plate coils is described. The magnet has a bore aperture of 22 mm, a gradient of 90 T/m, and an effective length of 0.36 m. Its coil is mainly composed of a number of U-shaped copper plates, electrical connection sheets, and insulating sheets, which are directly assembled and connected on the pole. Outside the coil, water box with cooling water channel inside is installed to provide indirect cooling to the coil. Using copper plate coil, one-piece or two-piece structure can be adopted for the iron core, so the assembly error is reduced and magnetic field quality can be improved. The research provides an attractive technical scheme for small aperture quadrupole magnets in future light sources. The detailed magnet design, magnetic field calculation and measurement results of HQ22 are presented, and the application prospect of copper plate coil is discussed.