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Electron Lens Solenoid

To increase the proton beam luminosity in RHIC, an electron lens (e-lens) magnet system with two superconducting solenoids has been built at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Documents about the project are below:


main coils

Figure 1 Model of electron lens magnet showing principal coils.

winding

Figure 2 Winding at BNL. 22 layers, ~25000 turns.