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Issue 3(8), pp. 30-43, 2025

Article

BINP superconducting solenoids for detectors: design peculiarities and the results of thirty years operation

A. V. Bragin

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB of RAS, 630090, pr. Lavrentieva 11, Novosibirsk, Russia

e-mail: a.v.bragin@inp.nsk.su

S. V. Karpov

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB of RAS, 630090, pr. Lavrentieva 11, Novosibirsk, Russia

S. G. Pivovarov

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB of RAS, 630090, pr. Lavrentieva 11, Novosibirsk, Russia

А. А. Ruban

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB of RAS, 630090, pr. Lavrentieva 11, Novosibirsk, Russia

V. P. Smakhtin

Weizmann Institute of Science, Herzl Street, 243, POB 26, 7610001, Rehovot, Israel

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62539/2949-5644-2025-8-3-30-43

Abstract

Three superconducting solenoids with an original design for high-energy physics detectors were developed at the BINP between 1990 and 2008. These solenoids were protected by shunting their coils with a low-ohm distributed resistor. They were powered by superconducting converters. The features of each solenoid are described and the results of their many years of successful operation are discussed.

Keywords: superconducting magnet for detectors; sectioning protection; superconducting converter.

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