Normal zone propagation in high-current density Nb3Sn conductors for accelerator magnets

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 279-282

  Den Ouden, A ^a   Van Weeren, H ^a   Wessel, W A J ^a   Ten Kate, H H J ^a   Kirby, G A ^b   Siegel, N ^b   Taylor, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accelerator magnet; Nb3 Sn superconductor; Normal zone propagation; Rutherford cable

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; COPPER; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HEATING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; QUENCHING; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

NB3 SN SUPERCONDUCTORS; NORMAL ZONE PROPAGATION (NZP); QUENCH HEATERS; RUTHERFORD CABLE;

ACCELERATOR MAGNETS;

EID: 4344624921     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2004.829082     Document Type: Conference Paper

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