Superconducting Super Collider Magnet Cryostat

The proposed Superconducting Super Collider high energy physics research facility will entail one of the major cryogenic system undertakings of the next decade. The two 30 Km diameter accelerator rings contain an integrated system of approx. =10,000 superconducting devices that must have low capital cost and operate reliably and efficiently over the lifetime of the machine. The design for the approx. =8,000 superconducting dipole magnet cryostats has been developed and evaluated by both component and systems tests. The details of the design are presented along with summaries of the experimental evaluations of the suspension system, insulation, transient phenomena, systems' performance, etc.