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Abstract: The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) is an international effort sited at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, which will demonstrate ionization cooling in a segment of a realistic cooling channel using a muon beam. A pair of identical, 3-m long spectrometer solenoids will provide a 4-tesla uniform field region at each end of the cooling channel. The emittance of the beam as it enters and exits the cooling channel will be measured within the 400 mm diameter magnet bores. The magnets incorporate a three-coil spectrometer magnet section and a two-coil section that matches the solenoid uniform field into the MICE cooling channel. The cold mass, radiation shield and leads are kept cold by means of a series of two-stage cryocoolers and one single-stage cryocooler.Previous testing of the magnets had revealed several operational issues related to heat leak and quench protection. A quench analysis using Vector Fields software and detailed heat leak calculations have been carried out in order to assess and improve the magnet design. Detailed analyses of the eddy currents, temperature distribution and stresses in a modified radiation shield design have been carried out as well. Details of the analyses and resulting magnet design modifications along with an update of the magnet assembly progress will be presented here.

Magnet quench during a training run

UPDATE ON THE MODIFICATION AND TESTING OF THE MICE SUPERCONDUCTING SPECTROMETER SOLENOIDS

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S. Virostek, M. Green, N. Li, T. Niinikoski, H. Pan, S. Prestemon and M. Zisman

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

on behalf of the MICE Collaboration

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This work was supported by the Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy under DOE contract number DE-AC02-05CH11231

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Paper ID:

WEPO033

INTRODUCTION

QUENCH RESISTOR COOLING

SUMMARY

Spectrometer Solenoid #1

COLD MASS COIL ASSEMBLY

Each

magnet consists

of five superconducting coils wound on a common 2923 mm long aluminum mandrel

Match Coils 1 and 2 operate as a focusing doublet to match the beam to the adjacent AFC modules

The spectrometer

(End 1

,

Center, End

2 Coils)

generate

a

4

T

uniform field over a

1m long

,

0.3m dia. volume

MAGNET QUENCH ANALYSIS

Several analyses were carried out to assess the integrity of the new 1100 aluminum radiation shield

3D a

nalyses carried

out using

Opera

-

3D

/

QUENCH

module

The

3D model

provides

detailed

results for the

quench process (

quenchback

, layer-to-layer voltages, etc.)

The analysis also considers the impact of a quench on critical components such as the LTS and HTS leads

3D quench model of the spectrometer solenoid coils

Current decay in coils during quench

Field distribution in the MICE coils

A coil quench

analysis has been completed, and

the

final

magnet

protection design developed

Thermal analyses have

resulted in

design

modifications to

reduce the heat leak into the cold mass

and increase the cryocooling powerReassembly of the first of the two magnets is currently under way

SHIELD ANALYSES

MICE consists of two spectrometer solenoids and a cooling channel. Muon ionization cooling occurs in three LH2 absorbers in the cooling channel, and the muons are reaccelerated by eight RF cavities. Scintillating fiber detectors in the solenoid bores measure the incoming and outgoing muon emittance.

Steady state temperature distribution

Stress during quench and shipping

Eddy currents during quench

The internal passive quench resistors were thermally damaged during previous testingA larger than expected amount of energy was deposited in the resistors when one of the cold leads burned out at a 257 amp currentA scheme to cool the resistors conductively was developed and tested off lineAn insulated copper clamp conducts the resistor heat to the coil winding mandrel

Cooling clamp test setup