1. Electrical joints between superconducting coil modules in the GEM Detector magnet
- Author
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Smith, B.A., Marston, P.G., Pourrahimi, S., Piec, Z.S., Kochan, S.J., Camille, R.J., Jr., Vieira, R., Pisera, J.W., East, G.H., Titus, P.H., Myatt, S.J., and Martovetsky, N.
- Subjects
Superconductors -- Research ,Magnets -- Research ,Detectors -- Research ,Business ,Electronics ,Electronics and electrical industries ,Superconducting Super Collider -- Research - Abstract
The GEM Detector magnet at the Superconducting Super Collider is built in two halves each of which is comprised of 12 single layer superconducting coil modules wound on a 19 m mean diameter and joined with a low resistance lap joint employing the superconducting strands and a copper stabilizer. Each joint half is attached to the sheathed, cable-in-conduit conductor end, and assembly of the mating halves is completed in the field. The target resistance per joint is 5 X [10.sup.-10] [Omega] at an operating current of 50 kA. Details of the joint design, its cooling and results of tests on prototypical sub- and full-scale models using superconducting strands are presented.
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- 1994