Accelerator Support | Applied Physics and Superconducting Technology Directorate

The Applied Physics and Superconducting Technology Directorate and Magnet Systems Department is responsible to support the continuous operation of Fermilab’s Accelerator Complex. Simply put, we continually provide conventional magnets for existing accelerators, while simultaneously designing and manufacturing new magnets to meet the needs of future Fermilab projects. In addition, the accelerators require technical support (repair and refurbishment of existing magnets) during emergency or scheduled maintenance. Lastly, quality control is essential. This program includes field quality measurements which ensure magnets utilized meet accelerator requirements. More information can be found on the internal Accelerator Support web-page.

At the Magnet Systems Department we designed and fabricated many quadrupole magnets. Shown here are large quadrupoles (LQD) from the Anti-proton source accumulator.
At the Magnet Systems Department we designed and fabricated many sextupole magnets. Shown here is a Tevatron sextupole correction magnet (NSA).
At the Magnet Systems Department we designed and fabricated many quadrupole magnets. Shown here are small quadrupoles (SQD) from the Anti-proton source accumulator, and (later) re-used in the 8-GeV beamline.
At the Magnet Systems Department we designed and fabricated many dipole magnets. Shown here is a Booster 5.3 - 2 - 120" Dipole Magnet (EDWA).
At the Magnet Systems Department we designed and fabricated the Booster Multi-pole magnet Assembly (BMA) for correction of the Fermilab Booster beam orbits. Shown here is one of the 64 assemblies in a fixture after all coil packages are installed into the iron yoke.
At the Magnet Systems Department we designed and fabricated many quadrupole magnets. Shown here are spare Fermi Main Injector Wide Aperature Quadrupoles (WQD) waiting in storage until needed.
At the Magnet Systems Department we designed and fabricated many quadrupole magnets. Shown here is a Skewed Sextupole Magnet (SSN) during assembly.
At the Magnet Systems Department we designed and fabricated many dipole magnets. Shown here is a Tevatron 8" AR Trim Dipole (NDA).
At the Magnet Systems Department we designed and fabricated the Booster Multi-pole magnet Assembly (BMA) for correction of the Fermilab Booster beam orbits. Shown here is one of the many coil packages.
At the Magnet Systems Department we designed and fabricated many dipole magnets. Shown here is a MiniBooNE / NuMI beam-line 6-3-120 dipole (SDFW), where 'W' designates 'wide gap' for larger aperture.
At the Magnet Systems Department we designed and fabricated the Booster Multi-pole magnet Assembly (BMA) for correction of the Fermilab Booster beam orbits. Shown here is one of the 64 assemblies. All coils are fixed in place with epoxy and the power leads are connected.
At the Magnet Systems Department we designed and fabricated Kicker Magnets for the NOvA beamline. This is one of the kickers from the RKB series.
At the Magnet Systems Department we designed and fabricated the Booster Multi-pole magnet Assembly (BMA) for correction of the Fermilab Booster beam orbits. Shown here is BMA-023 during the magnetic measurements with a single stretch wire system.