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A hybrid method, based on an integro-differential approach to eddy currents in laminated structures and a volume integral formulation for the magnetization vector, is applied to analyze dynamic processes in a synchrotron bending magnet. The results of the numerical simulation are compared with the experimental data.Index Terms-Accelerator magnets, electromagnetic transient analysis, integrodifferential equations, magnetic fields.

The SIS100 synchrotron utilizes fast ramped superconducting magnets operated with a frequency of 1 Hz. The beam pipe is of elliptic aperture and the dipole magnets are curved. Therefore, elliptic and toroidal multipoles were developed which allow describing the field concisely within the whole aperture. A mole (i.e., a measurement system based on a rotating coil probe with all auxiliary components operating within the magnet's field) was developed able to sustain ramp rates of up to 4 T/s. It was tested in the field of a conventional magnet and in the first SIS100 superconducting prototype magnet. We recall general design issues of the mole and describe their advantages. We present the first measurements of the mole on the SIS100 prototype and compare them to the results obtained with an independent system. We outline how the rotating coil probe measurements have to be interpreted in the curved magnet using toroidal multipoles, and possible further improvements of the system. Index Terms-Fast ramped superconducting magnets, field description, magnetic measurement.

The Heavy Ion Cancer Therapy Accelerator facility (HICAT) for the university hospital in Heidelberg is now under construction and will be completed in 2006. The facility consists of 2 ion sources, low-energy beam transfer lines, a linear accelerator, a medium energy beam transfer line, a synchrotron, high-energy beam transfer lines, and 3 treatment locations. One of the treatment locations will be equipped with a gantry. All magnets were designed at GSI. The design of the magnets will be reviewed. Wherever possible, a conservative design approach was used. Special design efforts were necessary for the huge 90 gantry dipole and the tiny internal quadrupoles for the IH-type drift tube linac, so that prototypes of these magnets were built and tested. The design, construction, and measurements of the quadrupoles for the IH-type drift tube linac will also be discussed in detail.Index Terms-Accelerator magnets, biomedical applications of nuclear radiation.