Author: Tokpanov, Y.
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WEPPD079 Measurements of Magnetic Permeability of Soft Steel at High Frequencies 2711
 
  • Y. Tokpanov, V.A. Lebedev, W. Pellico
    Fermilab, Batavia, USA
 
  The Fermilab Booster does not have a vacuum chamber which would screen the beam from laminations its dipoles cores. Therefore the booster impedance is mainly driven by the impedance of these dipoles. Recently an analytical model of the laminated dipole impedances was developed. However to match the impedance measurements with calculations one needs an accurate measurement of soft steel magnetic permeability. This paper presents the measurement results of the permeability in a frequency range from ~10 MHz to 1 GHz. Measurements of e.-m. wave propagation in 30 cm long strip line built from soft steel were used to compute the permeability. Measurements were performed in a DC magnetic field to observe the effect of steel saturation on the high frequency permeability. Both real and imaginary parts of the permeability were measured. As expected their values were decreasing with frequency increase from 10 MHz to 1 GHz and with saturation of steel DC permeability.
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