A new superconducting magnet for particle accelerators has been successfully tested at LASA in October 2019,. The magnet has an unconventional design, using a coil of MgB2 (magnesium boride) superconductor, a material which was never previously used for this type of magnets. The design, construction and test were all carried out by the LASA Superconducitng Magnet Team.
“We are very happy for this result,” says Massimo Sorbi from INFN-LASA. “This success is the coronation of a long story which started in 2014 by our dear Giovanni Volpini, and we are happy to remember him on this coincidentally 3 years after his departure. After Giovanni, many young researchers and technicians at LASA worked on this exciting project, and I can say that the result we have obtained now is the success of the team. Now that the general functionality of the magnet has been proved, we want to continue with the realisation of additional modules, in order to characterise a complete system from the point of view of magnetic field quality, that is another important assessment that needs to be explored experimentally”.
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