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Seungyong Hahn1, Youngjae Kim1, John Voccio1
1Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA.
Abstract:
We have constructed two "annulus" magnets, YP2800 and YB10; each consists of 2800 YBCO thin square "plate annuli" (YP2800) and 10 YBCO thick "bulk annuli" (YB10). Their trapped field characteristics, spatial and temporal, were investigated and compared, experimentally and analytically. Two sets of field-cooling tests were performed at 77 K: (1) maximum trapped field tests, where a 2-T background field was applied to investigate the maximum trapped field capability of the two magnets; and (2) reduced trapped field tests, where spatial homogeneity improvement of the two magnets was investigated after field cooling with a reduced background field. Also, a Z1 copper shim coil was designed, constructed, and operated, alone and with YP2800 and YB10. When it was operated with the annulus magnets at 77 K, a significant attenuation of the shim coil strength was observed due to the screening currents induced within the annulus magnets.
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