High Field Superconducting Magnets

Superconducting devices can carry large electrical currents and produce high magnetic fields without energy losses when operated at temperatures close to absolute zero. Suuperconducting magnets are mainly used in high energy physics (HEP) particle accelerators and detectors, and in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and nuclear magnetic imaging (NMI) devices for medical purposes. This book provides the reader with a modern, up-to-date reference on the physics and technology of superconducting magnets in a period of significant advancement in this area. The main feature of the book is the combination of superconductivity, electromagnetic field theory, and the thermodynamics of helium cooling on the one hand with the technological aspects of high performance superconducting materials and mechanical engineering on the other hand. It will provide the reader with the necessary expertise for reliably designing, manufacturing, and testing complex high field superconducting magnets of predictable performance. Particular emphasis has been given to beam transport and accelerator magnets in high energy particle physics.