Testing and Final Construction of the Superconducting Magnet for the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

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Harrison, Stephen; Milward, Steve; Allen, Robin Stafford; Gallilee, Mark; Shaw, Nicholas; ... Show more
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Abstract
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) is a particle physics experiment based on the International Space Station (ISS). At the heart of the detector is a large superconducting magnet, cooled to a temperature of 1.8 K by superfluid helium. The magnet and cryogenic system have been designed and built by Scientific Magnetics (formerly Space Cryomagnetics) of Culham, England. This paper describes the results from magnet testing, and the final assembly of the magnet and flight cryostat.
Date issued
2009-07
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/52492
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Journal
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Citation
Harrison, S. et al. “Testing and Final Construction of the Superconducting Magnet for the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.” Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on 19.3 (2009): 1311-1314. © 2009 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Version: Final published version
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INSPEC Accession Number: 10782013
ISSN
1051-8223
Keywords
superconducting magnets, space technology, cryogenics
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