Field measurement of a Fermilab-built full scale prototype quadrupole magnet for the LHC interaction regions

Abstract

Superconducting low-beta quadrupole magnets for the interaction regions of the Large Hadron Collider have been developed by the US-LHC Accelerator Project. These 70 mm bore 5.5 m long quadrupoles are intended to operate in superfluid helium at 1.9 K with a nominal field gradient of 215 T/m. Following a series of 2 m long models, a full scale cryostated cold mass has been fabricated and cold tested at Fermilab. Magnetic field measurements of the prototype, including determination of the field axis using a single stretched wire, have been performed. These measurements and comparisons with results from the model magnets as well as field quality and alignment requirements are reported in this paper.