D. Leroy

TL;DR: In this article, a new test facility for measuring the electrical properties of the LHC superconducting cables was constructed at CERN, with the main features being: independently cooled background magnet, test currents up to 32 kA, temperature between 1.8 and 4.5 K, long measurement length of 60 cm, field perpendicular or parallel to the cable face, measurement of the current distribution between the strands.

TL;DR: In this article, six contracts have been placed with industrial companies for the production of 1200 tons of the superconducting (SC) cables needed for the main dipoles and quadrupoles of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of the cable treatment has on the contact resistance was discussed under various conditions and the properties of resistive barriers, the DC method used for the resistance measurement on the cable, and sample preparation were described.

TL;DR: In this article, the critical current density of LHC-type Nb-Ti strands of 0.82 and 0.48 mm diameter was measured by means of critical current and magnetization measurements at both 4.2 K and 1.9 K and for a broad magnetic field range (up to 11 T).

TL;DR: The Next European Dipole (NED) activity as discussed by the authors was launched on January 1st, 2004 to promote the development of high-performance, Nb/sub 3/Sn wires in collaboration with European industry.