Evidence that transverse variability of critical current density can greatly mitigate screening current stress in high field REBCO magnets

Abstract Plastic damage of REBCO (REBa2Cu3O7-x, where RE=rare earth) coated conductors by screening current stress (SCS) is a significant concern for ultra-high-field superconducting magnets. Indeed, the third Little Big Coil (LBC3), a REBCO magnet that generated a record, high field of 45.5 T, show...

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Main Authors: Jeseok Bang, Jonathan Lee, Griffin Bradford, Kwangmin Kim, Xinbo Hu, Dmytro Abraimov, Jan Jaroszynski, Anatolii Polyanskii, So Noguchi, Seungyong Hahn, David C. Larbalestier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-81902-0