Acknowledgements

The authors of this webpage would like to thank: 

• Dr. Nathan Brooks and Dr. Luca Bottura, our sponsors at CERN, for their generous support, advice, and oversight
• Dr. Cesar Luongo and Dr. Reginald Perry, our senior design advisors, for their guidance and patience
• Dr. Juan Ordoñez and the staff of the Center for Advanced Power Systems, for providing lab space for our test
• Dr. Carl Moore, for providing design advice
• Keith Larson and Brandon Henley, for providing machining expertise
• The staff of Computing and Multimedia Services, for providing technical assistance with video and teleconferencing
• Mr. Jon Cloos and Mrs. Donna Butka, for helping to expedite our purchases
• Dr. Thomas Baldwin, for technical resource and approval of DBK203A purchase
• Dr. Mark Weatherspoon, for use of the computer
• Dr. Norm Thagard, for use of the DC power supply
• Dr. Leonard Tung, for helping with the DC motor purchase
• Dr. Alexandru Morega, for his helpful advice and assistance
• The PUB team:  Marius Panait, Cosmin Mogos, and Alex Morega, for their outstanding work on this project

References

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•         Bottura, L., et al. “Measurements of Magnetic Field Pattern in a Short LHC Dipole Model”. IEEE Trans. on Applied Superconductivity, Vol. 11, No. 1, March 2001.

•         Bottura, L., et al. “A Mole for Warm Magnetic and Optical Measurements of LHC Dipoles”. IEEE Trans. on Applied Superconductivity, Vol. 10, No. 1, March 2000.

•         Brooks, N. NSF Research Proposal with CERN. 2004.

•         Evans, L.R. “LHC Accelerator Physics and Technology Challenges”. Proc. of the 1999 Particle Accelerator Conference, New York, 1999.

•         Jain, A. “Harmonic Coils”. Presentation. U.S. Particle Accelerator School on Superconducting Accelerator Magnets. Santa Barbara, CA, June 23-27, 2003.

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•         Rossi, L. “The LHC Superconducting Magnets”. Proc. of the 2003 Particle Accelerator Conference.

•         Ruccio, A. “AC mole measurement calibrations and troubleshooting”. Presentation. AC Mole Review Meeting. CERN, Switzerland. February 2005.

•         Walckiers, L. “The Harmonic-Coil Method”. Proc. of CERN Accelerator School, 1992.

•         Email correspondence with Dr. Nathan Brooks, CERN. 2005-6.

•         Staff meetings with Dr. Cesar Luongo, FAMU/FSU College of Engineering, 2005-6.

•         Conversations with Dr. Carl Moore, FAMU/FSU College of Engineering, 2005.

•         Conversations with Mr. Keith Larson, FAMU/FSU College of Engineering, 2005-6.

•         Conversations and email correspondence with Dr. Alexandru Morega, Politehnica University of Bucharest, 2005-6.

•         How slips rings work: http://www.mercotac.com/html/slip-ring.html

•         Testing: http://www.iotech.com/an67.html

•         Failure and wearing: http://www.facilitiesnet.com/ms/article.asp?id=1786

•         Encoder: www.heidenhain.de

•         Maxon motor: www.maxonmotorusa.com

•         Dayton motor: www.grainger.com

•         SM050 Slip-ring: www.ltn.ch

•         AC4598 Slip-ring: www.polysci.com

•         CAY731 Slip-ring: www.electricalswivel.com

•         EM Induction: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_induction

•         EM Induction: http://www.slcc.edu/schools/hum_sci/physics/tutor/2220/em_induction/

•         CERN and LHC information: www.cern.ch

•         8020 Aluminum Extrusions: www.8020.net

•         World map: www.atlapedia.com

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