Niobiumtin

Physics

Niobium-tin magnets could be the key to unlocking the potential of heavy-ion accelerators

Cross-sectional view of the 28 GHz ECRIS superconducting magnet. Credit: Berkeley Lab Researchers in Berkeley Lab’s Accelerator Technology and Applied Physics (ATAP) department are collaborating with colleagues at Michigan State University’s Rare Isotope Beam Facility (FRIB), the world’s most powerful heavy ion accelerator, to We have developed a new superconducting magnet based on Tin (Nb3Sn) technology. The first-of-its-kind magnet has…