Cryogenic system for a large superconducting magnet in space

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 13, Issue 2 II, 2003, Pages 1381-1384

  Harrison, Stephen M ^a   Ettlinger, Erich ^b   Kaiser, Gunter ^c   Blau, Bertrand ^d   Hofer, Hans ^d   Horvath, Istvan L ^d   Ting, Samuel C C ^e   Ulbricht, Jürgen ^d   Viertel, Gert ^d  

^a El Culham Science Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b LINDE AG   (Germany)

^c Inst Air Conditioning/R   (Germany)

^d Eidgen Technische Hochschule   (Germany)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryogenics; Space technology; Superconducting magnets; Superfluid helium

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; CRYOGENICS; SPACE STATIONS; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

MAGNET CRYOGENICS;

SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

EID: 0041973752     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2003.812671     Document Type: Conference Paper

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