sPHENIX discussion of the superconducting solenoid

[John Haggerty <haggerty AT bnl.gov>]

I asked Pasquale what they did at Ansaldo to test the BaBar solenoid, 
and I asked him about possibly coming to BNL for a day or two at some point:

> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: Re: BaBar
> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 13:33:51 +0200
> From: fabbric <pasquale.fabbricatore AT ge.infn.it>
> To: John Haggerty <haggerty AT bnl.gov>
>
> John,
>
> so, very soon, you will have the coil in your lab. That's very
> good.
>
> Coming to the test, we did a partial test at Ansaldo without the iron yoke.
> The current was limited at 1/3 of the nominal current just for avoiding
> problems with magnetic forces. However some not negligible
> fring field  was present (you need a large area around the coil
> free of magnetic materials and limited access)..
>
> Next year I will have to go to Fermilab. If you inform me about your plans
> I can try to couple visit to Fermilab with a visit to BNL
>
> Best regards
>
> Pasquale
>
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