Mu2e Transport Solenoid Cold-Mass Alignment Issues

作者:Lopes Mauricio*; Ambrosio Giorgio; Badgley Karie E; Bradascio Federica; Brandt Jeffrey; Evbota Daniel; Hocker Andy; Lamm Michael; Lombardo Vito; Miller James; Nicol Thomas H; Kutschke Robert; Vellidis Costas; Wands Bob; Wenk Elizabeth
来源:IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 2017, 27(4): 4500405.
DOI:10.1109/TASC.2016.2642641

摘要

The muon-to-electron conversion experiment (Mu2e) at Fermilab is designed to explore charged lepton flavor violation. It is composed of three large superconducting solenoids: the production solenoid, the transport solenoid (TS), and the detector solenoid. The TS is formed by two magnets: TS upstream and TS downstream. Each has its own cryostat and power supply. Tolerance sensitivity studies of the position and angular alignment of each coil in this magnet system were performed in the past with the objective to demonstrate that the magnet design meets all the field requirements. The alignment of the cold masses is critical to maximize the transmission of muons and to avoid possible backgrounds that would reduce the sensitivity of the experiment. Each TS magnet cold mass can be individually aligned. In this paper, we discuss the implications of the alignment of the TS cold masses in terms of the displacement of the magnetic center. Consideration of the practical mechanical limits is also presented.

  • 出版日期2017-6