Conductor characterization is a critical element in identifying proper specifications for future conductors.
CPRD is one of the elements within the USMDP Program Structure supporting scientific foundational research, along with Facility Improvements and Area III: Supporting Technologies. It operates in the form of an advisory committee, receives OHEP funding at LBNL, and executes purchases and contracts to support the USMDP partners.
Our mission is to explore, advance, and ultimately define the conductor performance boundary that limits the performance of superconducting accelerator magnets. Because conductor development occurs several years upstream in the magnet fabrication chain, our efforts must remain forward-looking and informed by input from magnet designers. We position ourselves to be in close partnership with the USMDP working groups and also be well connected to the international community and the industry suppliers in a way that will strengthen US leadership in conductor development for high-field accelerator magnet technology.
The procurement responsibility of CPRD is to supply the USMDP with production-quality conductors for the cables required for experimental magnets. The research and development responsibility of CPRD is to facilitate the understanding of performance limits, uniformity, reliability, scalability, and production cost of advanced conductors relevant to USMDP.
Researchers wind superconducting wire into cables for new magnets for the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider Accelerator Upgrade Project.
The conductors we invest in are those with technology maturity to be relevant to USMDP’s Roadmap. Throughout, we strive to maintain a carefully balanced portfolio across the different conductor technologies.
