Abstract
A superconducting magnet assembly has been built for an ECR (Electron Cyclotron Resonance) ion source at the 88-inch cyclotron at LBL. Three 34-cm ID solenoids provide axial plasma confinement and a sextupole assembly in the solenoid bore provides radial stability. Two large solenoids are spaced 50 cm. Apart with a smaller opposing solenoid between. The sextupole assembly is 92 cm long with winding inner diameter of 20 cm. And outer diameter of 27.2 cm. The design goal is to achieve a field on axis of 4 T and 3 T at the mirrors with 0.4 T between and a sextupole field of 2.0 T at 15-cm diameter in the confinement volume. Each solenoid uses rectangular conductor wish copper/SC ratio of 4; the three coils are wet-wound on a one-piece aluminum bobbin with aluminum banding for radial support. The sextupole uses rectangular conductor with copper/SC ratio of 3. Each of the 6 coils is wet-wound with filled epoxy on a metal pole; the ends of the pole are aluminum and the central 34-cm is iron to augment the sextupole field. The six coils are assembled on a 20-cm-OD stainless steel tube with a 1.4-cm thick 30.0-cm OD aluminum tube over the assembly for structural support. Thin metal bladders are expanded azimuthally between each coil and axially at tire ends to pre-load the assembly. The sextupole assembly fits inside the solenoid bobbin, which provides support for the magnetic forces. The magnet exceeds design requirements with minimum training.
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