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MA: Fachverband Magnetismus

MA 18: Posters Magnetism V

MA 18.15: Poster

Freitag, 1. Oktober 2021, 10:00–13:00, P

2.6 Tesla Cryogen Free Mu3e System — •Dr. Roger Mitchell — Cryogenic Ltd, London, UK

Cryogenic Ltd has manufactured a large bore cryogen-free magnet system to enable investigations of the lepton-flavour violating decay of muons into an electron and two positrons. The magnet is installed at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen, Switzerland. The cryostat has a 1 metre room temperature bore and houses a 2.6T magnet with a base homogeneity of <0.12% over a 1.3m central region. The NbTi magnet comprises four separately powered windings. Varying the current in the windings permits subtle changes to the field profile as well as establishing a shallow gradient field along the bore. The magnetic stray field is limited to 5mT at 1m by encasing the cryostat in a 27 tonne passive shield with overall dimensions of 2.1m diameter x 3.4m long. Access to 1m bore tube is via semicircular swing doors each weighing 0.5 tonnes. The magnet cold mass is 1.5 tonnes and is cooled to 3.5K using four 1.5W Gifford McMahon two-stage cryocoolers. The magnet operated to full field without training. To ensure safety in operation the magnet is magnetically balanced within the iron shield using a series of load cells to monitor relative displacements between the cryostat and the shield. The overall system footprint was subject to severe spatial restrictions imposed by the beamline architecture. Careful optimisation was necessary to achieve the critical specifications within the dimensional constraints. The room temperature bore will house a purpose-built detector developed at PSI which is inserted via a rail system attached to the bore wall.