Modeling of random geometric errors in superconducting magnets with applications to the CERN Large Hadron Collider

P. Ferracin; W. Scandale; E. Todesco; R. Wolf

doi:10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.3.122403

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Modeling of random geometric errors in superconducting magnets with applications to the CERN Large Hadron Collider

P. Ferracin, W. Scandale, E. Todesco, R. Wolf

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.3.122403 · Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams

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Abstract

Estimates of random field-shape errors induced by cable mispositioning in superconducting magnets are presented and specific applications to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) main dipoles and quadrupoles are extensively discussed. Numerical simulations obtained with Monte Carlo methods are compared to analytic estimates and are used to interpret the experimental data for the LHC dipole and quadrupole prototypes. The proposed approach can predict the effect of magnet tolerances on geometric components of random field-shape errors, and it is a useful tool to monitor the obtained tolerances during magnet production.