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RRCAT_Indore Government of India | Department of Atomic Energy
Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology 		RRCAT_Indore
Accelerator Magnet Technology Division

7. Magnets developed for CERN, Switzerland:

Total 80 numbers of vertical beam orbit corrector magnets (MCVs) for Large Electron-Positron (LEP) Collider and 5 numbers of H-type dipole magnets (2 types) for Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) test facility were developed as per the specifications of CERN, Switzerland and delivered MCVs in the year 1996 & dipole magnets in the year 2004.

Parameters of MCV magnets
Parameter Value
Magnetic field 0.038 T
Pole gap 200 mm
Yoke length 400 mm
Coil turns (N) 2420 Nos.
Current (I) 2.5 A (Max.)
Magnet mass ~ 110 kg
Power loss 160 W


Fig. 87: MCV Core assemblies at RRCAT (L) and testing of magnets at CERN, Swiss (R).
Fig. 87: MCV Core assemblies at RRCAT (L) and testing of magnets at CERN, Swiss (R).


Fig. 88: Dipole Magnet developed for CLIC test facility, CERN.
Fig. 88: Dipole Magnet developed for CLIC test facility, CERN.


Fig. 89: Dipole Magnet (red) developed by AMTD installed in TL-2 at CERN.
Fig. 89: Dipole Magnet (red) developed by AMTD installed in TL-2 at CERN.


Fig. 90: Measured magnetic field uniformity in dipole magnet (R).
Fig. 90: Measured magnetic field uniformity in dipole magnet (R).


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