GASSOL separator magnet tested in China
On September 21-29, 20025 representatives from FLNR visited XSMT (Xi’an Superconducting Magnet Technology, Xi’an, China). Participation in factory commissioning tests of the superconductive magnet that forms the basis of the new GASSOL solenoid-separator was the purpose of the visit.
GASSOL magnetic gas-filled separator is a new experimental setup being developed at FLNR JINR to study the chemical properties of short-lived superheavy elements. A 20-ton superconductng magnet developed at “Neva-Magnet”LLC (St. Petersburg, Russia) by technical specifications and in close collaboration with the Joint Institute is the main element of this setup. The magnet’s technical design was published in the journal “Physics of Elementary Particles and Atomic Nuclei” (EPN). The GASSOL separator will be installed in the experimental hall of DC-280 cyclotron at the SHE Factory.
During testing of the XSMT manufactured magnet a calculated magnetic field of 7,6 T was achieved on the axis of the 354 mm-diameter cryostate’s warm aperture axe at a test current of 246 A without conditioning
The FLNR delegation included Alexander Karpov, Deputy Director of the laboratory; Kirill Gikal, Deputy Head of the Scientific and Technical Department of Accelerators; Alexey Voinov, Head of Group No. 1 of Electronic Test Equipment; Dmitry Solovyev, Head of Group No. 2 of the Gas-Filled Separator and Alexander Svirikhin, Head of Sector No. 2 of the Formation Reaction and Structure of Heavy Nuclei.
