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RIS citation export for TUB4: Manufacture of a 7.5 M Long Cryogen-Free Magnet System for Neutron Decay Studies

TY - UNPB
AU - Mitchell, R.
AU - Good, J.
ED - Schaa, Volker RW
ED - Pisciotta, Pietro
TI - Manufacture of a 7.5 M Long Cryogen-Free Magnet System for Neutron Decay Studies
J2 - Proc. of ECRIS2018, Catania, Italy, 10-14 September 2018
C1 - Catania, Italy
T2 - International Workshop on ECR Ion Sources
T3 - 23
LA - english
AB - The design of a large purpose built cryogen-free magnet is reviewed. The system has been manufactured for the Fundamental Neutron Physics Beamline at the Spallation Neutron Source in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The magnet system will house a custom spectrometer and be used to measure a, the electron-neutrino correlation parameter, and b, the Fierz interference term in neutron beta decay. The cryostat is cylindrical, 7.5m along its axis and 1.43 m in diameter. It houses a complex set of niobium-titanium superconducting windings which provide a varying magnetic field profile along a 320mm diameter gold-plated UHV bore. The bore tube extends along the full length of the cryostat and has orthogonal ports connected to the neutron beamline. A vacuum of <3.10⁻¹⁰ mbar is achieved. The stray field generated by the magnet windings is compensated by a series of negatively wound co-axial windings which have approximately twice the diameter of the internal positive windings. The cryostat system will be housed in a passive steel shield to further compensate the stray field. No liquid cryogens are used for normal operation of the system.
PB - JACoW Publishing
CP - Geneva, Switzerland
ER -