J. Billan

Publication List Details

Period

1984 - 2007

Number

70

Co-Authors

Performance of the Room Temperature Systems for Magnetic Field Measurements of the LHC Superconducting Magnets (2006)

García-Pérez, J, Billan, J, Buzio, M, Galbraith, P, Giloteaux, D, Remondino, Vittorio

The LHC will be composed of 1232 horizontally curved, 15-meter long, superconducting dipole assemblies and 474 Short Straight Sections containing various types of quadrupoles. These magnets are...

The eight superconducting quadrupoles for the ISR high-luminosity insertion (2005)

Billan, J, Henrichsen, K N, Laeger, H, Lebrun, P, Perin, R, Pichler, S, ...

Eight superconducting quadrupoles for a high-luminosity insertion in the ISR have been produced by industrial firms according to CERN design and manufacturing specifications, and assembled and tested...

Magnetic Measurement Systems for the LHC Dipole Assembly Companies (2004)

Billan, J, García-Pérez, J, Giloteaux, D, Raimondo, A, Remondino, Vittorio, Reymond, H, ...

The LHC superconducting lattice dipole magnets are presently under construction in three European industries. Due to the stringent magnet performance required for the LHC, these magnets have to be...

Magnetic Field Tracking Experiments for LHC (2004)

Granata, V, Billan, J, Bordry, F, Bottura, L, Coutinho-Ferreira, P M, Effinger, E, ...

At the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN one of the difficult requirements during the energy ramp is that the ratio between the field produced by the quadrupoles and the field in the dipoles...

Magnetic Field Tracking Experiments for LHC (2004)

Granata, V, Billan, J, Bordry, Frederick, Bottura, L, Coutinho-Ferreira, P M, Effinger, E, ...

At the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN one of the difficult requirements during the energy ramp is that the ratio between the field produced by the quadrupoles and the field in the dipoles...

A Novel Device for the Measurement of the Mechanical and Magnetic Axes of Superconducting Magnet Assemblies for Accelerators (2002)

Aznar, S, Billan, J, Fischer, F, Galbraith, Peter, García-Pérez, J, Goy, S, ...

In the context of the LHC superconducting magnet production, especially for dipoles and quadrupoles due to their complexity, it is foreseen to perform acceptance tests, at an early production stage,...

Optical In-Situ Measurement of Relative Deformations of the LHC Main Dipole Cold Masses (2002)

Aznar, S, Billan, J, García-Pérez, J, La China, M, Ferracin, P, Redaelli, S, ...

The LHC cryodipoles are composed of an evacuated cryostat and a cold mass, which is cooled by superfluid helium at 1.9 K. To obey constraints imposed by beam dynamics the particle beams must be...

Optical In-Situ Measurement of Relative Deformations of the LHC Main Dipole Cold Masses (2002)

Aznar, S, Billan, J, García-Pérez, J, La China, M, Ferracin, P, Redaelli, S, ...

The LHC cryodipoles are composed of an evacuated cryostat and a cold mass, which is cooled by superfluid helium at 1.9 K. To obey constraints imposed by beam dynamics the particle beams must be...

A Novel Device for the Measurement of the Mechanical and Magnetic Axes of Superconducting Magnet Assemblies for Accelerators (2002)

Aznar, S, Billan, J, Fischer, F, Galbraith, Peter, García-Pérez, J, Goy, S, ...

In the context of the LHC superconducting magnet production, especially for dipoles and quadrupoles due to their complexity, it is foreseen to perform acceptance tests, at an early production stage,...

Geometric and Magnetic Axes of the LHC Dipole (2001)

Bajko, M, Billan, J, Buzio, M, Deferne, G, Ferracin, P, García-Pérez, J, ...

The 15-m long superconducting dipoles of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) with two-in-one design are curved by about 5 mrad to follow the beam trajectory. They are supported on three cold feet to...

Performance of Prototypes and Start up of Series Fabrication of the LHC Arc Quadrupoles (2001)

Billan, J, Peyrot, M, Remondino, V, Rifflet, J M, Siemko, A, Simon, F, ...

The construction of three prototype arc quadrupoles for the LHC machine has been concluded successfully. These magnets underwent warm and cold magnetic measurements as well as many other tests, both...

Performance of Prototypes and Start up of Series Fabrication of the LHC Arc Quadrupoles (2001)

Billan, J, Peyrot, M, Remondino, Vittorio, Rifflet, J M, Siemko, A, Simon, F, ...

The construction of three prototype arc quadrupoles for the LHC machine has been concluded successfully. These magnets underwent warm and cold magnetic measurements as well as many other tests, both...

Geometric and Magnetic Axes of the LHC Dipole (2001)

Bajko, M, Billan, J, Buzio, M, Deferne, G, Ferracin, P, García-Pérez, J, ...

The 15-m long superconducting dipoles of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) with two-in-one design are curved by about 5 mrad to follow the beam trajectory. They are supported on three cold feet to...

Development of a Displacement Sensor for the CERN-LHC Superconducting Cryodipoles (2001)

Billan, J, Fakra, S, García-Pérez, J, Glisic, B, Inaudi, D, Redaelli, S, ...

One of the main challenges of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the particle accelerator under construction at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Geneva, resides in the design...

Development of a Displacement Sensor for the CERN-LHC Superconducting Cryodipoles (2001)

Billan, J, Fakra, S, García-Pérez, J, Glisic, B, Inaudi, D, Redaelli, S, ...

One of the main challenges of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the particle accelerator under construction at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Geneva, resides in the design...

Test Station for Magnetization Measurements on Large Quantities of Superconducting Strands (2001)

Le Naour, S, Wolf, R, Billan, J, Genest, J

In the superconducting main magnets of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), persistent currents in the superconductor determine the field quality at injection field. For this reason it is necessary to...

Test Station for Magnetization Measurements on Large Quantities of Superconducting Strands (2001)

Le Naour, S, Wolf, R, Billan, J, Genest, J

In the superconducting main magnets of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), persistent currents in the superconductor determine the field quality at injection field. For this reason it is necessary to...

Performance of Series-Design Prototype Main Quadrupoles for the LHC (2000)

Billan, J, Bottura, L, Peyrot, M, Remondino, V, Rifflet, J M, Siemko, A, ...

After the successful construction of two first-generation prototypes of the main quadrupoles for the LHC, three series-design prototypes have been further manufactured at CEA-Saclay. Together with...

Performance of Series-Design Prototype Main Quadrupoles for the LHC (2000)

Billan, J, Bottura, L, Peyrot, M, Remondino, Vittorio, Rifflet, J M, Siemko, A, ...

After the successful construction of two first-generation prototypes of the main quadrupoles for the LHC, three series-design prototypes have been further manufactured at CEA-Saclay. Together with...

Twin Rotating Coils for Cold Magnetic Measurements of 15 m Long LHC Dipoles (1999)

Billan, J, Bottura, L, Buzio, M, D'Angelo, G, Deferne, G, Dunkel, O, ...

We describe here a new harmonic coil system for the field measurement of the superconducting, twin aperture LHC dipoles and the associated corrector magnets. Besides field measurements the system can...

Twin Rotating Coils for Cold Magnetic Measurements of 15 m Long LHC Dipoles (1999)

Billan, J, Bottura, L, Buzio, M, D'Angelo, G, Deferne, G, Dunkel, O, ...

We describe here a new harmonic coil system for the field measurement of the superconducting, twin aperture LHC dipoles and the associated corrector magnets. Besides field measurements the system can...

Experience with the Fabrication and Testing of the Sextupole Superconducting Corrector Magnets for the LHC (1999)

Salminen, J, Ijspeert, Albert, Ang, Z, Billan, J, Walckiers, L, Bapna, S, ...

The LHC main dipoles will be equipped with sextupole corrector magnets with a field strength of 1700 x2 (T,m) and a magnetic length of 110 mm to correct sextupole field errors. Within the LHC magnet...

Test Results on the Long Models and Full Scale Prototype of the Second Generation LHC Arc Dipoles (1998)

Billan, J, Bóna, M, Bottura, L, Leroy, D, Pagano, O, Perin, R, ...

With the first test of the first full scale prototype in June-July 1998, the R&D on the long superconducting dipoles based on the LHC design of 1993-95 has come to an end. This second generation of...

Manufacturing features and performances of long models and first prototype for the LHC project (1998)

Billan, J, Bóna, M, Bottura, L, Pagano, O, Perin, R, Perinet-Marquet, J L, ...

This paper reports about the 10-m-long models and one 15-m-long prototype. Their main design features are a 5-block coil cross section, an intra-beam distance of 194 mm at room temperature and a...

Manufacturing features and performances of long models and first prototype for the LHC project (1998)

Billan, J, Bóna, M, Bottura, L, Pagano, O, Perin, R, Perinet-Marquet, J L, ...

This paper reports about the 10-m-long models and one 15-m-long prototype. Their main design features are a 5-block coil cross section, an intra-beam distance of 194 mm at room temperature and a...

COERCIMETER FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE MEASUREMENT OF THE COERCIVITY OF STEEL SHEETS (1984)

Billan, J.

A special instrument has been built to measure the coercivity directly on steel sheets without having to cut samples. It will be used to perform the 8000 coercivity measurements which will be needed...

GEOMETRY AND REMANENT FIELD SERIES MEASUREMENT OF THE LEP DIPOLE MAGNETS (1984)

Billan, J., Gourber, J., Henrichsen, K.

The magnetic performance of the 3304 dipole magnets for LEP are deduced from systematic air-gap geometry and remanent field measurements. To avoid having to use a measuring bench and to minimize...

COERCIMETER FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE MEASUREMENT OF THE COERCIVITY OF STEEL SHEETS (1984)

Billan, J.

A special instrument has been built to measure the coercivity directly on steel sheets without having to cut samples. It will be used to perform the 8000 coercivity measurements which will be needed...

GEOMETRY AND REMANENT FIELD SERIES MEASUREMENT OF THE LEP DIPOLE MAGNETS (1984)

Billan, J., Gourber, J., Henrichsen, K.

The magnetic performance of the 3304 dipole magnets for LEP are deduced from systematic air-gap geometry and remanent field measurements. To avoid having to use a measuring bench and to minimize...

COERCIMETER FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE MEASUREMENT OF THE COERCIVITY OF STEEL SHEETS (1984)

Billan, J.

A special instrument has been built to measure the coercivity directly on steel sheets without having to cut samples. It will be used to perform the 8000 coercivity measurements which will be needed...

GEOMETRY AND REMANENT FIELD SERIES MEASUREMENT OF THE LEP DIPOLE MAGNETS (1984)

Billan, J., Gourber, J., Henrichsen, K.

The magnetic performance of the 3304 dipole magnets for LEP are deduced from systematic air-gap geometry and remanent field measurements. To avoid having to use a measuring bench and to minimize...