New Vertical Cryostat with the new HiLumi Model MQXF5

The upgrade of the LHC has given rise to the High Luminosity (HL) LHC project. HL-LHC relies on a number of key innovative technologies, representing exceptional technological challenges, such as cutting-edge 13 Tesla superconducting magnets, very compact and ultra-precise superconducting cavities for beam rotation, and 300-metre-long high-power superconducting links with zero energy dissipation. The most technically challenging aspects of the LHC upgrade cannot be done by CERN alone and requires a strong collaboration involving external expertise and modernization of existing CERN Test Facility infrastructure as in the SM18 . The SM18 hall was originally optimized for the NbTi LHC magnet testing, but with the High Luminosity LHC upgrade coming up (http://hilumilhc.web.cern.ch/), a major upgrade of the test facility was done. The images shows the new cryostat called “Cluster D” and its associated electrical circuit while testing the first quadrupole model magnet for the Q2 series.