DC measurement of electrical contacts between strands in superconducting cables for the LHC main magnets

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 7, Issue 2 PART 1, 1997, Pages 786-792

  Richter, D ^a   Adam, J D ^a   Depond, J M ^a   Leroy, D ^a   Oberli, L R ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MAGNETS; COLLIDING BEAM ACCELERATORS; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

LARGE HADRON COLLIDERS (LHC); RUTHERFORD TYPE CABLES;

SUPERCONDUCTING CABLES;

EID: 0031162369     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.614621     Document Type: Article

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