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The midplane insulation experiment

A short dipole is being decollared and assembled with different values of the insulation thickness in the midplane and of the pole shims to verify the influence on field quality. The experiment started in October 2002 under the supervision of D. Tommasini, and is being carried out by H. Kummer, G. Molinari, G. Trachez. Strategy of the test has been defined by L. Bottura, W. Scandale, E. Todesco, D. Tommasini. An Excel file is constantly updated with the results of the experiment.

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