Advanced superconducting magnet technologies

Summary

The course will focus on the technologies related to the practical use of superconductors, from the manufacturing to their exploitation. The course also provides some examples of the use of superconductivity for relevant applications and the main technological challenges related to each of them.

Content

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Keywords

Superconductivity

Magnets

Field quality

Learning Prerequisites

Required courses

Advanced physics II PHYS-105

Physics lab (metrology) PHYS-117

Classical electrodynamics PHYS-324

Solid state physics PHYS-337

Recommended courses

Solid state physics III PHYS-419

Solid state physics IV PHYS-420

Fundamentals of biomedical imaging PHYS-438

Nuclear fusion and plasma physics PHYS-445

Introduction to particle acceleratos PHYS-448

MRI practicals on CIBM preclinical imaging systems PHYS-473

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

• Design electromagnetically simple magnet geometries
• Define the working points of the superconductor based on the application
• Formulate the critical aspects of a superconducting magnet
• Expound the main aspects of superconducting magnets for different applications
• Describe the different systems to characterize the magnet quality

Transversal skills

• Demonstrate the capacity for critical thinking
• Use both general and domain specific IT resources and tools
• Write a scientific or technical report.

Teaching methods

Lecture based teaching using slides and blackboard.

Assessment methods

The exam is based on an oral assessment during the exam session. Before the oral exam, students will be asked to write a short report describing the laboratory activities completed, which will contribute 10% of the final grade.

Supervision

Office hours	Yes
Assistants	No
Forum	No
Others	The office hours will take place via zoom. In order to have a discussion with the teacher send an email with the convinient time and dates for the students.

Resources

Bibliography

M. Wilson, "Superconducting Magnets", Clarendon Press Oxford, New York, 1982

CAS (CERN Accelerator School), "Magnetic Measurement and Alignment", Geneva, 1992

Y. Iwasa, "Case Studies in Superconducting magnets", Plenum Press, 1994

P. Tixador, "Les supraconducteurs", Hermes, Paris, 1995

Werner Buckel, Reinhold Kleiner, "Superconductivity: Fundamentals and Applications", Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2004

G. Krabbes, et al. , "High Temperature Superconductor Bulk Materials", Wiley-VCH, 2006

Stephan Russenschuck, "Field Computation for Accelerator Magnets", Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2010

 

 

Ressources en bibliothèque

• Find the references at the Library

Références suggérées par la bibliothèque

• Magnetic Measurement and Alignment / CAS (CERN Accelerator School)

Moodle Link

• https://go.epfl.ch/PHYS-476