SNF Issue No. 10, October 2009

Issue Date:

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Volume No.:

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Editorial Forward Issue No. 10

ESNF Editorial Team

E10

Critical Reviews - Invited

Challenges For Cryogenics At ITER

L. Serio for the ITER Organization, Domestic Agencies and Collaborators

CR13

Regional News - Invited

Recent Activities at ISTEC

Shinya Hasuo

RN12

Science & News Technology - CEC Papers - Cryocoolers

Raytheon RSP2 Cryocooler Low Temperature Testing and Design Enhancements

R. C. Hon, C. S. Kirkconnell, and J. A. Shrago

ST137

Figures of Merit for Multi-Stage Cryocoolers

J. Delmas, A.M. Kadin, R.J. Webber, and E.K. Track

ST136

Ultimate Temperature of Pulse Tube Cryocoolers

P. Kittel

ST135

Study on a Single-Stage 120Hz Pulse Tube Cryocooler

Wu Y. Z., Gan Z. H., Qiu L. M., Chen J., Li Z. P., Cao X. L.

ST134

Optimization Calculations for a 30 HZ, 4 K Regenerator with Helium-3 Working Fluid

Ray Radebaugh, Yonghua Huang, Agnes O’Gallagher, and John Gary

ST128

Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of a 4 K Single-Stage Stirling Type Pulse Tube Cryocooler with Precooling

Z.P. Li, J. Chen, Z.H. Gan*, and L.M. Qiu

ST119

A Non-Tube Inertance Device for Pulse Tube Cryocoolers

S.W.K. Yuan, D.G.T. Curran, and J.S. Cha

ST118

Science & News Technology - CEC Papers - Accelerator Components and Systems

Injector Upgrade for the Superconducting Electron Accelerator S-Dalinac

T. Kuerzeder, J. Conrad, R. Eichhorn, J.D. Fuerst, B. Bravo Garcia, H.-D. Graef, C. Liebig, W.F.O. Mueller, A. Richter, F. Schlander, S. Sievers, and T. Weiland

ST133

Superconducting Ring Cyclotron for Riken RI Beam Factory in Japan

H. Okuno, T. Dantsuka, K. Yamada, M. Kase, T. Maie and O. Kamigaito

ST132

LARP NB3Sn Quadrupole Magnets for the LHC Luminosity Upgrade

Paolo Ferracin

ST130

Science & News Technology - CEC Papers - Tokamak Refrigeration

Operation Results of the KSTAR Helium Refrigeration System

H.- S. Chang, E. Fauve, D.-S. Park, J.-J. Joo, K.-M. Moon, K.-W. Cho, H. K. Na, M. Kwon, S.-H. Yang, and G. Gistau-Baguer

ST131

Science & News Technology - ICMC Papers - MgB2 and LTS Conductors & Cables

Experimental Studies of Transverse Stress Effects on the Critical Current of Sub-sized Niobium-tin Superconducting Cables

L. Chiesa, M. Takayasu, and J. V. Minervini

ST140

Contact Mechanics Model for Transverse Load Effects on Superconducting Strands in Cable-in-Conduit Conducters

L. Chiesa, M. Takayasu, and J. V. Minervini

ST139

Plasma Synthesized Boron Nano-Sized Powder for MgB2 Wires

J. V. Marzik, R. C. Lewis, M. R. Nickles, D. K. Finnemore, J. Yue, M. Tomsic, M. Rindfleisch, M. D. Sumption

ST138

Mechanical Properties of Modified JK2LB for Nb3Sn CICC Applications

R. P. Walsh, K. Han, V. J. Toplosky, N. N. Martovetsky, T. L. Mann Jr.and J. R. Miller

ST127

Fine Grained Nb for Internal Tin Nb3Sn Conductors

S.Balachandran, R.E.Barber, Y. Huang, H.Miao, J.A. Parrell, S. Hong, R.B. Griffin, K.T.Hartwig

ST126

Bending Effects on Critical Currents of Nb3Sn Superconducting Wires

M. Takayasu, L. Chiesa, J. H. Schultz, and J. V. Minervini

ST124

Science & News Technology - ICMC Papers - HTS Coated Conductors Tapes

Torsion Strain Effects on Critical Currents of HTS Superconducting Tapes

Makoto Takayasu, Joseph V. Minervini, and Leslie Bromberg

ST125

Microstructure and Critical Current Density of YBa2Cu3O7-x + BaSnO3Thick Films Grown with Pre-Mixed Pulsed Laser Ablation Target

J. Burke, C.V. Varanasi, L. Brunke, H. Wang, J.H. Lee, P.N. Barnes

ST123

Second Phase (BaGeO3, BaSiO3) Nanocolumns in YBa2Cu3O7-xFilms

C. V. Varanasi, J. Reichart, J. Burke, H. Wang, M. Susner, M. Sumption, P.N. Barnes

ST122

Science & News Technology - ICMC Papers - Bulk HTS Materials

The Generation of High Trapped Fields in Bulk (RE)BCO High Temperature Superconductors

D. A. Cardwell, W. K. Yeoh, S. K. Pathak, Y-H Shi, A. R. Dennis, N. Hari Babu, and K. Iida

ST121

The Puzzle of Two Different Sub-Micrometer Tungsten-Rich Deposits in Bulk YBCO: One Acts as Pinning Centers and the Other Does Not

Ravi-Persad Sawh, Roy Weinstein, Drew Parks, and Alberto Gandini

ST120

HTS Coated Conductors Developed for the European Super3C Cable

Alexander Usoskin, Alexander Rutt, Herbert C. Freyhardt,, Burkhard Prause, Klaus Schlenga, Jean-Maxime Saugrain, Arnaud Allais, Dag Willén

ST129