Status of the SSC superconducting magnets

Abstract

Abstract Several 50mm aperture, 15 meter long dipole magnet prototypes and five 40 mm aperture, 5 meter quadrupole models have been built and tested for the SSC magnet development effort. Five of the dipoles and one quadrupole have been connected In a string representing a collider half cell, and tested cryogenically at the SSC site. The magnets were designed and produced by a consortium consisting of the Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory (SSCL), Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL), along with General Dynamics Corporation (GD), Babcock and Wilcox (B&W) and Westinghouse Electric Corporation (WEC). A description of the magnets, including properties of their superconductor, is presented. The test results from individual magnet tests and the string test are reviewed with respect to meeting collider requirements. The significant features of the baseline production magnets and the plans for prototype through production will be presented. In addition the status and test results for special magnets built at the SSC Laboratory will be discussed.