Magnets for High Energy Physics Studies

Various analytical and design projects, small-scale R&D, and technical evaluations have been carried out in areas of interest to the high energy physics magnet community. High current density accelerator magnets and very large detector magnets (e.g., LEP, a 12-meter diameter by 12-meters long system for CERN) have been designed at MIT. Significant contributions have been made to the magnet system design for L*, one of the very large detectors proposed for the LEP accelerator. The SSC dipole interconnect bus was also designed at the PSFC, and a succession of prototypes were tested here. In addition, quench behavior simulation experiments and stress calculations for the main ring SSC dipoles were carried out. The PSFC Technology & Engineering Division also had the lead role in the design of the GEM (gamma, electron, muon) detector magnet system and structure for the SSC Laboratory, and in the design and construction of the GEM model coil. The GEM detector magnet, an 18 m dia., 30 m long solenoid wound with PFC-designed CICC, would have been one of the largest magnets ever constructed.

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