17–22 May 2026
C.I.D
Europe/Zurich timezone

Construction of Permanent Magnet Arrays without Custom Materials

TUP7723
19 May 2026, 16:00
2h
C.I.D

C.I.D

Deauville, France
Poster Presentation MC7.T34: Permanent Magnets Poster session

Speaker

Adam Steinberg (The University of Melbourne)

Description

Permanent magnet Halbach arrays are used for beam steering and focusing for synchrotron light sources, Fixed Field Accelerators, and plasma accelerators. Conventional implementations require many custom wedge-shaped magnets with tailored geometries and magnetization angles, preventing material reuse. We present a method for constructing Halbach arrays from many identical rectangular magnets, each rotated in the transverse plane to approximate the ideal configuration. Although this introduces gaps and reduces magnetic efficiency compared with optimised wedge designs, it simplifies fabrication, lowers costs, and enables the magnets to be redeployed for future applications. A prototype array based on this approach has been built for Project TURBO at the University of Melbourne, and measurements confirm that the magnetic field quality meets the requirements of the planned beamline. Construction of the full arrays for TURBO is underway, and the reusability of the magnets is expected to provide long term flexibility for subsequent accelerator projects.

In which format do you inted to submit your paper? LaTeX

Authors

Adam Steinberg (The University of Melbourne) Jacinta Yap (The University of Melbourne) Joel Bellesini (The University of Melbourne) Simon Barg (The University of Melbourne) Suzanne Sheehy (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation)

Presentation materials

There are no materials yet.