CHART MagDev CCT Dipole achieves record field
As one of the first CHART projects, MagDev at PSI designed and built a canted-cosine theta (CCT) demonstrator magnet, wound from Nb3Sn conductor. Lasting from February 2017 to October 2019,…
CHART Project Successfully Tests 18-T HTS Solenoid
Fig. 1: Stack of four 12-mm wide pancake windings, prepared for mounting in the cryogen-free test station. This coil produced 18.2 T. Fig. 2: Stack of two pancake windings mounted…
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CHART MagDev recognized in milestone technical review
The CHART2 MagDev1 project underwent an international technical review of results and future plans on December 13-14, 2021. We cite from the review close-out report (available here): "The committee was…
Federal President of Switzerland visited magnet facility at CERN
President of Swiss Confederation at CERN
The Swiss Confederation Councilor Guy Parmelin visited the magnet facility at CERN on 5th November 2021. During his visit Bernhard Auchmann, representing the CHART Collaboration, presented the CHART magnet development…
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Swiss research initiative CHART works on particle accelerators of the future
The design of the SupermagnetFCC – these three letters stand for the vision of a new ring accelerator that could be built at the European particle physics laboratory CERN in…