학술논문

HTS Bulk Experiments Performed for and Under Space Conditions
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on. 29(5):1-5 Aug, 2019
Subject
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Yttrium barium copper oxide
Magnetic levitation
Magnetic field measurement
Radiation effects
Protons
Magnetic flux
HTS bulk
space application
flux shielding
compression
proton irradiation
MFX experiment
Language
ISSN
1051-8223
1558-2515
2378-7074
Abstract
In the shadow of dominant long-length high-temperature superconductors bulk HTS show a considerable effort of magnetic engineering application. Bulk HTS are capable of providing easily magnetic fields of several tesla, levitates self- stabilized mirrors or measuring instruments, and can be used as a passive magnetic shield. By simulating space conditions we have been investigated the possible degradation of YBCO material under 160 MeV proton irradiation at a radiative dose of 10–20 krad. We report the successful preparation of an HTS bearing cosmic background radiation, the fabrication and testing of a bulk superconducting device operating in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS). The Magvector/MFX experiment operates the last four years at the ISS. It measures the interaction of a YBCO HTS with the Earth magnetic field using sensitive flux gate sensors in µT level. Laboratory shielding results are given. Dependent on the bulk conductivity at T>T c and T