Magnetic Design and Fabrication of Warm-Iron Normal-Conducting Quadrupole Magnets for ReA3 HEBT Line at NSCL

Abstract

The ReA3 reaccelerator facility at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL), Michigan State University (MSU), East Lansing, MI, USA, provides unique access to high-quality beams of a wide variety of isotopes for scientific research. The high-energy beam transport (HEBT) line from the ReA3 superconducting linear accelerator to the three experimental end stations consists of several iron-dominated normal-conducting quadrupole magnets, dipole magnets, and also combined-function horizontal and vertical corrector magnets. This article focuses on the design and fabrication of a new type of normal-conducting quadrupole magnet with cylindrical split yoke structure and standard quadrupole coils. Electromagnetic simulation results demonstrate that the magnet design fulfills the performance requirements for the ReA3 HEBT beamline. We present the coil fabrication and mechanical assembly details of the magnet. Our analysis results show that the hydraulic requirements for the coils are met.