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Geomagnetic field geometry tables for trapped radiation and particles using scalar magnetic field intensity, invariant polar coordinants, and dipole moment
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Geomagnetic field geometry tables for trapped radiation and particles using scalar magnetic field intensity, invariant polar coordinants, and dipole moment
The effects of dipole interactions on magnetic nanoparticle magnetization and relaxation dynamics were investigated using five nanoparticle (NP) systems with different surfactants, carrier liquids, size distributions, inter-particle spacing, and NP confinement. Dipole interactions were found to play a crucial role in modifying the blocking temperature behavior of the superparamagnetic nanoparticles, where stronger interactions were found to increase the blocking temperatures. Consequently, the blocking temperature of a densely packed nanoparticle system with stronger dipolar interactions was found to be substantially higher than those of the discrete nanoparticle systems. The frequencies of the dominant relaxation mechanisms were determined by magnetic susceptibility measurements in the frequency range of 100 Hz–7 GHz. The loss mechanisms were identified in terms of Brownian relaxation (1 kHz–10 kHz) and gyromagnetic resonance of Fe 3 O 4 (~1.12 GHz). It was observed that the microwave absorption of the Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles depend on the local environment surrounding the NPs, as well as the long-range dipole–dipole interactions. These significant findings will be profoundly important in magnetic hyperthermia medical therapeutics and energy applications.
Sheared Alfven waves generated by nonradial crustal disturbances above the polar cap of a strongly magnetized neutron star induce an electric field component parallel to B. An attempt is made to determine the manner in which the strong radial dependence of B affects the propagation of these sheared Alfven waves, and whether this MHD process is still an effective particle accelerator. It is found that although the general field equation is quite complicated, a simple wavelike solution can still be obtained under the conditions of interest for which the Alfven phase velocity decouples from the wave equation. The results may be applicable to gamma-ray burst sources.
High-field superconducting magnets with a dipole field of 16 T and above enable future energy-frontier circular particle colliders. Although we believe these magnets can be built, none exists today. They can also be a showstopper for future high-energy machines due to a prohibitively high price tag based on the current conductor and magnet fabrication cost. The high-temperature superconducting REBCO coated conductor can address both the technical and cost issues, a silver bullet to lay both monsters to rest. The challenges and unknowns, however, can be too arduous to make the silver bullet. We lay out a potential road forward and suggest key action items. As a contribution from the accelerator community, we attempt to clarify for our theorist and experimenter colleagues a few aspects about the future high-field superconducting magnets. We hope to stimulate an effective plan for the 2023 P5 process that can lead to a cost-effective high-field magnet technology for future colliders and the exciting physics they can steward.
Planetary exploration by deep space probes in recent years has shown that the dipole moment of some magnetized planets has a surprisingly large inclination angle with respect to the rotation axis. Applying the method developed for the source surface magnetic field of the sun (a spherical surface of 2.5 solar radii), it is suggested that the main dipole of the earth and the magnetized planets may actually be axial (the magnetic moment being parallel or antiparallel to the rotation axis), and that two or three smaller dipoles near the core surface could be responsible for the apparent inclination of the main dipole. In formulating a dynamo theory of the planetary magnetic field, such a possibility should be considered, as well as the inclined dipole case.
It is shown that estimates of the size of a possible lunar core are negligibly affected by currents due to a directed plasma flux toward the moon. A theory for the compression of an induced lunar dipole by an incoming sub-Alfvenic flux of cold plasma is presented for the time-independent case where the external magnetic field, induced dipole moment, and plasma velocity vector are all aligned, and it is demonstrated that, at very long time periods, effects due to the inertia of an incoming flow of cold plasma can be ignored. A theory for time-dependent fluctuations in a stationary plasma is modified to include the effects of incoming flux.
The high field superconducting magnets required for ongoing and planned upgrades to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be wound with Nb 3 Sn Rutherford cables for which reason studies of Nb 3 Sn strand, cable, and magnet properties will continue to be needed. Of particular importance is field quality. Here, the amplitudes of multipoles in the bore fields of dipole and quadrupole magnets, induced by ramp-rate-dependent coupling currents, are under the control of the interstrand contact resistances-crossing strand, R c , adjacent strand, R a , or a combination of them, R eff . Although two decades ago it was agreed that for the LHC R c should be in the range 10-30 μΩ, more recent measurements of LHC quadrupoles have revealed R c values ranging from 95 to 230 μΩ. This paper discusses ways in which these values can be achieved. In a heavily compacted cable R eff can be tuned to some predictable value by varying the width of an included stainless steel (effectively “insulating”) core. But cables are no longer heavily compacted with the result that the crossing strands of the impregnated cable are separated by a thick epoxy layer that behaves like an insulating core. If a stainless steel core is actually present, Reff must be independent of core width. Since there is no guarantee that a fixed predetermined amount of interlayer separation could be reproduced from winding to winding it would be advisable to include a full width core.
Global magnetic component anomaly field maps have been derived from the Magsat vector magnetometer data obtained from November 1979 through May 1980. The amplitude of variations of the components over the maps are between 10 and 15 nT, well above the noise in the data. Averaged data, in 2-by-2 deg blocks, exhibit standard errors of the mean of about 1 nT over most of the X and Z maps, and about 2 nT over most of the Y maps. Errors rise to about twice these amounts near the auroral belts. Most of the anomalies in the component data are consistent with a crustal magnetization model which incorporates dipoles aligned only in the direction of the main field. However, there appear to be some regions which require dipoles aligned in some other direction i.e., remanent magnetization.
In a dipole or in a quadrupole accelerator magnet, the displacement of the coil turns induced by the electromagnetic forces can cause quenches limiting the magnet performance. For this reason, an azimuthal preload is applied to avoid azimuthal movements of the coil up to the required operational current. However, several tests showed that accelerator magnets can operate with a partial preload, i.e. that coil unloading during the ramp does not prevent reaching higher currents. This issue is particularly relevant for Nb 3 Sn magnets, where the loads applied to the Nb3Sn filaments can reach the degradation limits of critical current. In order to investigate the impact of coil preload on the quench performance, the MQXFS6 short model quadrupole for the High Luminosity Upgrade was tested under an azimuthal preload at 80% of the short sample current, reaching 93% of short sample current at 1.9 K. The preload was then released to 60%, still showing ability to operate in the range of 80-85% of short sample current as required by HL-LHC project. With this lower preload, the ability of going above 90% of short sample was lost, and a significant training appeared above 85%. When the preload was restored to the original 80% value, the magnet reached with few quenches 95% of short sample (13.4 T peak field). Magnetic measurements confirm the larger movement of the coil in the case with lower preload, and agree with finite element simulations.
Within Landau theory, magnetism and polarity are homotopic, displaying a one-to-one correspondence between most physical characteristics. Yet, despite widely reported noncollinear magnetism, spontaneous noncollinear electric dipole order as a ground state is rare. In this work, a dioxydihalides family is suggested to display noncollinear ferrielectricity, induced by competing ferroelectric and antiferroelectric soft modes. This intrinsic of dipoles generates unique physical properties, such as $\mathbb{Z_{2}×Z_{2}}$ topological domains, atomic-scale dipole vortices, and negative piezoelectricity.
The He–McKellar–Wilkens (HMW) phase of an electric dipole moving in a static magnetic field is derived by explicitly considering the interaction between the currents associated with the moving dipole and the magnetic vector potential. Conditions for the observation of the HMW phase in different field configurations are investigated. A practical setup is proposed that provides essentially a radial magnetic field with inverse radial dependence for the observation of the HMW phase with magnetic field alone. Possible magnetic field control of exciton current in an open ring setup is discussed. - Highlights: • Conditions for the observation of the HMW phase in different field configurations are investigated. • A practical setup is proposed that for the observation of the HMW phase with magnetic field alone. • Possible magnetic field control of exciton current in an open ring setup is discussed.
Consideration is given to the influence of lunar magnetic anomalies on the darkening of the lunar surface by solar wind ion bombardment. It is shown that lunar magnetic anomalies with dipole moments much greater than 5 x 10 to the 13th gauss cu cm will strongly deflect the typical solar wind, producing local plasma voids at the lunar surface. Direct measurements of lunar magnetic fields have shown most lunar magnetic fields to have moments below this level, with the exception of anomalies detected in the areas of the Reiner Gamma albedo feature, the Van de Graaff-Aitken region and Mare Marginis. Such magnetic anomalies are shown to be capable of accounting for the higher albedo and swirl-like morphology f these features by the deflection and focusing incident solar wind ions, which tend to darken the surface upon impact.
The magnetic coordinates of the Pioneer 10 spacecraft and the five innermost satellites are given around the time of Jupiter encounter, Dec. 1-8, 1973. The D sub 2 offset dipole model of Smith et al. (1974) is used to make the calculations. Magnetic coordinates are needed for the interpretation of the trapped particle measurements, including the absorption effects of the satellites. Contours of constant field magnitude and magnetic latitude are given at the surface of Jupiter for the D sub 2 model. The system III longitude of a spacecraft at Jupiter is derived, and formulas are given for the relationships between system I, II, and III longitudes. The longitude of the magnetic dipole increases by about 3 deg/yr, owing to the inaccurate rotation rate used to define system III longitude.
A block coil geometry is appealing in the body of particle accelerator dipole or quadrupole magnets, but less so in the ends of conventional designs, because conductors near the midplane of the beam tube must be bent in the hard direction to cross over to the other side of the tube. In order to avoid damage to brittle conductors such as Nb 3 Sn or HTS, the bend must be very gradual, resulting in undesirably long magnet ends. An alternative design -"overpass/underpass" or "cloverleaf" - can ramp the conductor within a short length with bending only in the easy direction. Described here is a proof-of-principle design and analysis of an "overpass/underpass" coil geometry for a block coil dipole of 11 Tor more.
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) was chosen to host the international Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), which will collide high energy and highly polarized hadron and electron beams with a center of mass energy up to 140 GeV. The Interaction Region (IR) [1] requires several large aperture, relatively high field superconducting dipole and quadrupole magnets, some of which are very closely spaced.\r\nA value engineering effort is underway as part of the EIC Project to construct and test a Direct Wind magnet [2] (coil comprised of NbTi conductor deposited directly onto a support tube, in this instance tapered, and secured mechanically against Lorentz forces afterwards) to replace two Rutherford cable collared magnets. This magnet exceeds the combination of aperture, number of coil \r\nlayers, and magnetic field, as compared to existing accelerator and R&D Direct Wind magnets to date. Furthermore, construction has been completed using a newly commissioned winding machine, upgraded in anticipation of the upcoming EIC production coil fabrication. Design, analysis, construction issues, lessons learned and accomplishments to date shall be discussed, including the \r\nachieved corrections to multipoles made to successive coil layers based on warm magnetic measurements of preceding layers.
Development of Advanced Nb 3 Sn Superconductors for Future Energy-Frontier Colliders: • Present record of particle collision energy: 13 TeV, by the LHC. • Further push of the energy frontier requires higher magnetic field in circular accelerators: E (in TeV) = 0.3R (in km)•B (in T). • The proposed Future Circular Collider (FCC) plans to increase B from 8 T (in LHC) to 16 T. • Nb3Sn wires will be the workhorse conductor for building dipole and quadrupole magnets for FCC.
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