Critical current and instability threshold measurement of Nb3Sn cables for high field accelerator magnets

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 15, Issue 2 PART II, 2005, Pages 1545-1549

  Ambrosio, G ^a   Andreev, N ^a   Bartlett, S E ^b   Barzi, E ^a   Denarie, C H ^c   Dietderich, D ^b   Ghosh, A K ^d   Verweij, A P ^c   Zlobin, A V ^a  

^a FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical current; Niobium tin; Superconducting cables; Superconductor instability

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MAGNETS; CRITICAL CURRENTS; EQUIPMENT TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; QUENCHING; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

DIPOLE MAGNETS; NIOBIUM-TIN CABLES; QUENCH CURRENT; SUPERCONDUCTOR INSTABILITY;

SUPERCONDUCTING CABLES;

EID: 22044445558     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.849163     Document Type: Conference Paper

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