Performance of a fast digital integrator in on-field magnetic measurements for particle accelerators

Abstract

The fast digital integrator has been conceived to face most demanding magnet test requirements with a resolution of 10 ppm, a signal-to-noise ratio of 105 dB at 20 kHz, a time resolution of 50 ns, an offset of 10 ppm, and on-line processing. In this paper, the on-field achievements of the fast digital integrator are assessed by a specific measurement campaign at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). At first, the architecture and the metrological specifications of the instrument are reported. Then, the recent on-field achievements of (i) ± 10 ppm of uncertainty in the measurement of the main field for superconducting magnets characterization, (ii) ± 0.02 of field uncertainty in quality assessment of small-aperture permanent magnets, and (iii) ± 0.15% of drift, in an excitation current measurement of 600 s under cryogenic conditions, are presented and discussed. © 2012 American Institute of Physics.