A high temperature superconducting demonstrator coil for ARCOS: a novel toroidal magnetic spectrometer for an astroparticle physics experiment in space
Presented by
M. Dam on behalf of
W.J. Burger, R. Carpentiero, E. Chesta, R. Iuppa, G. De Rijk and L. Rossi*
Pre-published on:
August 03, 2021
Published on:
March 18, 2022
Abstract
A magnetic spectrometer determines the signed rigidity of charged particles by measuring their trajectories in the presence of a magnetic field. High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) magnets can operate in space without the use of a cryogenic liquid. While HTS magnets have many potential applications in space, including active magnetic radiation shielding, we present the design of an HTS magnetic spectrometer with a toroidal magnet providing a bending strength of 3 T m. The toroidal magnet is about 2 m in outer diameter, 2 m in height, and requires about 60 km of 12 mm wide ReBCO HTS tape. The magnet operates with an engineering current density of 855 A/mm² at a temperature of 20 K and a peak magnetic flux density of about 12 T. In the context of the HTS Demonstrator Magnet for Space (HDMS) project, we have designed and are building a small-scale coil pack of the toroidal magnet. The demonstrator magnet consists of two racetrack-like coils enclosed with copper bands that function as current leads and layer jumps. The no-insulation winding method facilitates self-protection against quenches. A lightweight mechanical structure made from aluminum alloy supports the coils.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.395.0498
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