Author: Ezio Todesco (CERN)

  • Progress of HL-LHC magnets: a collaborative effort

    Progress of HL-LHC magnets: a collaborative effort

    Q1 and Q3 triplet magnets – US-AUP collaboration The first cryoassembly from US-AUP was delivered to CERN in November 2023 and will be re-tested at CERN in June 2024 (see figure 1, left). Production of the second cryoassembly was completed at Fermilab (see figure 1, right) and the completed assembly is ready for the horizontal…

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  • WP3 contribution

    WP3 contribution

    INFN collaboration: High order correctors and D2 recombination dipole The last batch of the 54 high order corrector magnets was successfully tested in LASA by the end of 2022, and all correctors have been delivered at CERN. In February 2023, a celebration was held to mark the end of the first series production of HL-LHC…

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  • WP3 contribution – Issue 6

    WP3 contribution – Issue 6

    The magnet program has reached several milestones since the last annual meeting: in the following we summarize the main achievements of our collaborations. The AUP progress on the MQXFA magnets is covered in a dedicated article (link). INFN collaboration and the D2 and corrector package cold masses The production of the 54 high order corrector…

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  • Status of MQXF production and test results

    Status of MQXF production and test results

    Nb3Sn triplet (MQXF) After the successful tests of MQXFA03 and MQXFA04, that allowed last year to obtain the approval of the US contribution by the DOE, MQXFA05 has been tested in May 2021. The magnet (in a vertical dewar and without outer stainless-steel shell, as MQXFA03 and MQXFA04) reached the required performance, confirming the absence…

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  • Status of Magnet Production and Test Results

    Status of Magnet Production and Test Results

    Nb3Sn triplet (MQXF) The most significant advancement has been the test of the third US-AUP full size magnet, named MQXFA03. The magnet reached nominal gradient with limited training and is the first magnet ready to be included in the first cold mass to be installed in the IT-String test. The test was particularly significant since…

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  • D1 and D2 and HO corrector review

    D1 and D2 and HO corrector review

    In December 2018, a review of the design of the D2 correctors and HO correctors took place in CERN. The committee supported the selected designs that showed to reach the required performance. For the D2 correctors, based on the CCT concept that is being used at CERN for the first time, a special effort on…

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  • Status of magnet test results

    Status of magnet test results

    The last short model of the Nb3Sn quadrupole was limited below nominal current by one coil: to overcome this issue, the limiting coil shall be replaced magnet and the magnet shall be tested in summer. The results of the test on US prototype has been reported here. The first prototype of the nested corrector MCBXFB…

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