Superconducting sextupole correction coil operating in persistent mode

Abstract

Error fields in a dipole due to superconductor magnetization and conductor misplacements add unwanted multipole, mainly sextupole and decapole, terms to the desired dipole field. Two persistent mode sextupole correction coils inside the bore of model SSC dipoles have been built and tested. A shorted superconducting sextupole coil has a current induced in it by the error sextupole field such that no sextupole field can penetrate into the proton beam region. The correction sextupole coils are one layer thick and are wound from a single length of insulated composite Nb-Ti and copper wire 0.60 mm in diameter. Each of the six poles has ten turns and is mounted on a 1.75 cm radius stainless steel bore tube. Details of testing and trimming of the correction coils are described. Test results of the measured magnetic field within the model SSC dipoles with the correction coils in and out of persistent mode operation are presented. An electrical heater is used to drive the coil out of the persistent mode. Measurements of joint resistance and coil decay time constants are also given.