USPAS Winter 2025: Superconducting Accelerator Magnets

27 Jan 2025, 09:00 → 31 Jan 2025, 23:00 US/Eastern

Monday, 27 January

09:00 → 09:30 Unit 1: Course introduction

Speaker: Paolo Ferracin

09:30 → 09:45 Break/questions

09:45 → 10:30 Unit 2: Basics of superconductivity and applications I

Speaker: Maxim Marchevsky

10:30 → 10:45 Break/questions

10:45 → 11:30 Unit 3: Basics of superconductivity and applications II

Speaker: Maxim Marchevsky

11:30 → 11:45 Break/questions

11:45 → 13:15 Lunch

13:15 → 14:00 Unit 4: Practical superconductors for accelerator magnets I

Speaker: Soren Prestemon

14:00 → 14:15 Break/questions

14:15 → 15:00 Unit 5: Main magnet specifications in circular accelerators I

Speaker: Ezio Todesco

15:00 → 15:15 Break/questions

15:15 → 15:45 Long break

15:45 → 16:30 Unit 6: Main magnet specifications in circular accelerators II

Speaker: Ezio Todesco

16:30 → 16:45 Break/questions

16:45 → 18:00 Pre-dinner break

18:00 → 19:00 Dinner

19:00 → 23:00 Homework day 1

Speakers: Ezio Todesco, Marek Mosat, Maxim Marchevsky, Paolo Ferracin, Soren Prestemon, Yufan Yan

Homework_day1_problems.docx

Homework_day1_solutions.docx

Tuesday, 28 January

09:00 → 09:45 Unit 7: Practical superconductors for accelerator magnets II

Speaker: Soren Prestemon

09:45 → 10:00 Break/questions

10:00 → 10:45 Unit 8: AC losses in superconductors

Speaker: Soren Prestemon

10:45 → 11:00 Break/questions

11:00 → 11:30 Long break

11:30 → 12:15 Unit 9: Lorentz forces and stresses in superconducting accelerator magnets I

Speaker: Paolo Ferracin

12:15 → 12:30 Break/questions

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 14:45 Unit 10: Field harmonics and specification of correctors

Speaker: Ezio Todesco

14:45 → 15:00 Break/questions

15:00 → 15:45 Unit 11: Magnetic design I: How to create perfect fields with current lines

Speaker: Ezio Todesco

15:45 → 16:00 Break/questions

16:00 → 18:00 Pre-dinner break

18:00 → 19:00 Dinner

19:00 → 23:00 Homework day 2

Speakers: Ezio Todesco, Marek Mosat, Maxim Marchevsky, Paolo Ferracin, Soren Prestemon, Yufan Yan

Wednesday, 29 January

09:00 → 09:45 Unit 12: Lorentz forces and stresses in superconducting accelerator magnets II

Speaker: Paolo Ferracin

09:45 → 10:00 Break/questions

10:00 → 10:45 Unit 13: Construction methods and support structures I

10:45 → 11:00 Break/questions

11:00 → 11:30 Long break

11:30 → 12:15 Unit 14: Construction methods and support structures II

Speaker: Paolo Ferracin

12:15 → 12:30 Break/questions

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 14:45 Unit 15: Magnetic design 2: Short sample field, margins and sensitivities

Speaker: Ezio Todesco

14:45 → 15:00 Break/questions

15:00 → 15:45 Unit 16: Magnetic design 3: Iron effect, grading techniques, and two-in-one dipoles

Speaker: Ezio Todesco

15:45 → 16:00 Break/questions

16:00 → 18:00 Pre-dinner break

18:00 → 19:00 Dinner

19:00 → 23:00 Homework day 3

Speakers: Ezio Todesco, Marek Mosat, Maxim Martchevskii, Paolo Ferracin, Soren Prestemon, Yufan Yan

Thursday, 30 January

09:00 → 09:45 Unit 17: Protection of superconducting accelerator magnets

Speaker: Maxim Marchevsky

09:45 → 10:00 Break/questions

10:00 → 10:45 Unit 18: Diagnostic and instrumentation I

Speaker: Maxim Marchevsky

10:45 → 11:00 Break/questions

11:00 → 11:30 Long break

11:30 → 12:15 Unit 19: Diagnostic and instrumentation II

Speaker: Maxim Marchevsky

12:15 → 12:30 Break/questions

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 14:45 Unit 20: Degradation and training I

Speaker: Paolo Ferracin

14:45 → 15:00 Break/questions

15:00 → 15:45 Unit 21: Degradation and training II

15:45 → 16:00 Break/questions

16:00 → 18:00 Pre-dinner break

18:00 → 19:00 Dinner

19:00 → 23:00 Homework day 4

Speakers: Ezio Todesco, Marek Mosat, Maxim Marchevsky, Paolo Ferracin, Soren Prestemon, Yufan Yan

Friday, 31 January

09:00 → 10:00 Review of material

10:00 → 12:00 Final exam

Speakers: Ezio Todesco, Marek Mosat, Maxim Martchevskii, Paolo Ferracin, Soren Prestemon, Yufan Yan