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The ASTROMAG superconducting magnet facility configured for a free-flying satellite.

Author(s) : GREEN M. A., SMOOT G. F.

Type of article: Article

Summary

ASTROMAG is a particle astrophysics facility that was originally configured for the Space Station. The heart of the ASTROMAG facility is a large superconducting magnet which is cooled using superfluid helium. The use of aluminium matrix superconductor and oriented composite materials in the magnet insulation permits one to reduce the launch weight. The ASTROMAG magnet consists of two identical coils 1.67 m apart. The two coils are connected in series in persistent mode. Each coil is designed to carry 2.34 million ampere turns. Both coils are mounted on the same magnetic axis and they operate at opposite polarity. This reduces the dipole moment by a factor of more than 1000. The paper presents the magnet parameters of a free-flying version of ASTROMAG and the parameters of the space cryogenic system for the magnet.

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  • Original title: The ASTROMAG superconducting magnet facility configured for a free-flying satellite.
  • Record ID : 1993-1859
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Cryogenics - vol. 32 - n. 2
  • Publication date: 1992

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