Re: possible pair spectrometer magnets (fwd)

[Jim Stewart <jstewart@jlab.org>]

Hello Dan

How serious a concern do you think this is? If we reduce the gap to 40mm
or so, there should not be that much bulging of the field. The pole shape
is however rounded at the ends so the magnet will need mapped.  I think we
definitely want to use the pair spectrometer to calibrate the tagger
absolute energy so we need a good energy sum measurement.

Jim


On Tue, 3 Jun 2008, Daniel Sober wrote:

> Dear Jim et al.,
> The one disadvantage of the C-magnet is that it would require a more
> detailed field map to precisely identify symmetric pairs for an energy
> calibration measurement -- in case that is on anyone's agenda.
> Dan Sober
>
> Jim Stewart wrote:
> > Dear tagger
> >
> > While at BNL I went looking for possible magnets for the pair
> > spectrometer. I found several which look like good candidates.
> >
> > The 20x42 looks to be very interesting. It is a C-Magnet with the
> > following characteristics:
> >  pole width  508mm
> >  pole gap    203mm
> >  pole length 1067mm
> >  Max field   1.85T
> >
> > The gap is too large but it would be easy to add plates to the poles to
> > reduce this. A C-Magnet has the advantage that on one side of the magnet
> > we can measure very low momentum particles. Installing the vacuum chamber
> > can also be done without taking the magnet apart.
> >
> >
> > The 24-8-72 is an H-magnet with a field clamp and relatively wide poles.
> >  pole width  609mm
> >  pole gap    203mm
> >  pole length 1829mm
> >  Max field   1.85T
> > To reduce the gap here you would need to add tapered plates. This could
> > be done but requires a simulation.
> >
> > The 18D36 is also an H-magnet. It has a somewhat narrower pole and is more
> > compact.  (18" wide pole and 36 inches long)
> >
> > They may also have power supplies for the magnets above. We would need to
> > install new controls in any supply we got.
> >
> > I feel that the 20x42 is a rather good match to our needs.
> >
> > Please let me know what you think!
> >
> > Jim
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