Results of the Cryogenic Tests of the Superconducting Magnets forming the Barrel Toroid of the ATLAS Experiment

The Barrel Toroid magnet of the ATLAS experiment will be built from eight 25 m x 5 m racetrack shaped superconducting coils that are symmetrically placed around the central axis of the detector. Prior to their final assembly in the underground cavern of the LHC, these magnets are individually tested at ground level in order to verify the expected overall performances. A dedicated facility has been commissioned and the testing of the coils, at their nominal electrical and thermal operating conditions, has been carried out. The paper presents the results obtained during the cool-down phase from ambient temperature, the steady-state operation at 4.5 K, the 20Â kA current ramping up/down and the thermal recovery after a fast energy dump of up to 138Â MJ stored energy. Included are the measurements of the various thermal loads in both static and dynamic conditions.