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…
New CHART project «FCCee HTS4» started
FCC-ee High-Temperature-Superconducting Short Straight Section (FCCee HTS4)The project shall study, up to the test of a 1-m-long prototype module, the possibility of replacing the normal-conducting short straight sections (SSS) of…
Technical Review MagDev1
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…
FCCee Injector
New CHART project «FCC-ee Injector» started
Design and critical item test program for FCC-ee Injector (FCC-ee Injector Design and Test Stand at PSI) (FCC-ee Injector)As part of the international FCC-ee study the electron and positron linear…
MagDev1
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…
MagDev1
New CHART project «MagDev1» started
Superconducting Accelerator Magnet R&D at PSI (MagDev)This project outlines a two-year activity of superconducting-accelerator magnet R&D at PSI, which shall provide the basis for the design and construction of a…
HTS Bulk Undulator
New CHART project «HTS Bulk Undulator» started
REBCO Bulk/Tape-Stack SC Undulator (HTS Bulk Undulator)The Insertion Device group at PSI has started an R&D program on High Temperature Superconducting Undulators to reduce the period length and increase the…