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Integrated design of superconducting accelerator magnets. A case study of the main quadrupole*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 1998

S. Russenschuck*
Affiliation:
CERN, LHC-ICP, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
F. Calmon
Affiliation:
CERN, LHC-ICP, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
M. Lewin
Affiliation:
CERN, LHC-ICP, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
C. Paul
Affiliation:
CERN, LHC-ICP, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
S. Ramberger
Affiliation:
CERN, LHC-ICP, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
F. Rodriguez-Mateos
Affiliation:
CERN, LHC-ICP, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
T. Tortschanoff
Affiliation:
CERN, LHC-ICP, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
A. Verweij
Affiliation:
CERN, LHC-ICP, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
R. Wolf
Affiliation:
CERN, LHC-ICP, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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Abstract

This paper describes the software tool which has been developed for the design of the superconducting magnets for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. Applied methods include numerical field calculation with a reduced vector-potential formulation, the application of vector-optimization methods, and the use of genetic as well as deterministic minimization algorithms. Together with the applied concept of features, the software tool is used as an approach towards integrated design of superconducting magnets. The main quadrupole magnet for the LHC, which was designed at CEA Saclay (France) using a different approach, was chosen as an example for the integrated design process. The paper focuses on the design issues and is not a project report on the main quadrupoles under construction.

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Research Article
Copyright
© EDP Sciences, 1998

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*

This paper was presented at NUMELEC'97.

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* This paper was presented at NUMELEC'97.