Development of superconducting quadrupoles for heavy ion fusion

A. Lietzke, G. Sabbi, P. Seidl, D. Shuman, C. Gung, J. Minervini, J. Schultz, L. Myatt, S. Lund, B. Manahan, N. Martovetsky, B. Hinson (+1 others)
PACS2001. Proceedings of the 2001 Particle Accelerator Conference (Cat. No.01CH37268)  
Multi-beam heavy-ion accelerators are considered as promising drivers for inertial fusion energy. The High Current Experiment (HCX) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) will test driver-scale beam dynamics in a single transport channel. Single bore, NbTi superconducting quadrupoles are being developed for the HCX, taking into account their possible use as modules in a quadrupole array magnet for multi-beam focusing. Two design approaches are considered, and prototype magnets of each
more » ... ype have been built and tested. The status of the R&D program is reported and a comparison of the two design options is presented.
doi:10.1109/pac.2001.988136 fatcat:4ziv7f4q7vdo3biwmt4oixefye