There is now at the Laboratoire National pour Champs Magnetiques Pulses, Toulouse, an 80 T class user magnet in its dedicated station as a result of the ARMS project. So far, experiments up to 76 T have been performed. The magnet comprises a coil-ex and a coil-in. The coil-ex is energised with a 14 Mj capacitor bank; the coil-in has a smaller, faster bank. The two fields add and 80 T is achievable but a spare coil-ex is under construction and when until it is ready, the 76 T (itself a record breaking field for a non-destructive, user magnet) will not be exceeded.
In summary:
The implementation of a pulsed double-coil system as a user station has been achieved by
- The construction and/or adaptation of two pulsed generators to the specific requirements of the inner and outer coils,
- The electronic synchronization of the trigger mechanisms for the inner and outer coils,
- The implementation of a common user-interface,
- The construction of an LN2-cryostat for the coils and an LHe bath-type cryostat for low-temperature measurements,
- The outfit of a measurement cell and the implementation of measurement routines taking into account safety aspects.
To furthermore improve its user-friendliness the setup is currently revised. The smaller capacitor bank is upgraded for future coiling developments and relocated to a place outside the measurement cell. An internal call for proposals advertising measurements up to 80T has been issued. The aim of this call is to adapt various measurement techniques to the particular constraints of the double-coil system prior to advertising on a larger international scale. First proposals from outside the ARMS-consortium have nevertheless been received and accepted.