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Installation and testing of the first sextant of RHIC magnets has been completed. The tests consisted of temperature cycling, quenching magnets, and measuring important engineering parameters of a string of magnets totaling a length of over 500 meters. This represents one sixth of the 3.8 kilometer circumference of the RHIC machine and serves as a basis for extrapolation of parameters for full machine operation. This paper gives an overview of the entire system, a detailed discussion of startup problems, operations and cryogenic system reliability over the period of the test and details of some of the important cryogenic operating parameters.
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Sondericker, J. et al. (1998). Performance and Operating Experience of the RHIC First Sextant Test. In: Kittel, P. (eds) Advances in Cryogenic Engineering. Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, vol 43. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9047-4_27
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