Current dependence of harmonic field coefficients of 5-cm-aperture, 15-m-long SSC dipole magnet prototypes

Abstract

Eighteen 5-cm-aperture, 15-m-long Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) dipole magnet prototypes have been produced and cold tested. On each prototype, the dependence of harmonic field coefficients on magnetic current was measured as part of a study of the magnetic field quality. For most of the magnets, the observed behavior conforms to what can be expected from the effects of persistent magnetization currents and iron yoke saturation. A few prototypes, however, exhibited anomalies during current ramp at 4 A/s which can be attributed to large cable eddy currents.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>