PRISMAC: A R&D Program and a New Dedicated Laboratory for Very High Field Superconducting Magnets

For the development at CERN (European Center for Nuclear Research) of the post-LHC accelerator infrastructures, HL-LHC (High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider) and FCC (Future Circular Collider), a new generation of energy-efficient magnets with extreme mechanical constraints, capable of generating high-quality magnetic fields up to 14 T (operational) will be required. These magnets will be based on technological knowledge currently under development and new superconducting materials. To foster the Spanish efforts to contribute to these strategic goals, CIEMAT (Research Center for Energy, Environment and Technology), CDTI (Center for Technological Development and Innovation), and CERN signed three collaboration agreements in 2019 within the framework of PRISMAC (Very High Field Superconducting Magnets Program). This paper depicts the progress of the PRISMAC program activities and the tasks foreseen to achieve its goals. PRISMAC is based on three work packages: i) the elivery of the nested orbit correctors MCBXF for the HL-LHC, ii) the construction of a dedicated laboratory at CIEMAT for prototyping and testing high-field magnets, and iii) the development and assembly of Nb<sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3</sub>Sn demonstrator magnets for the FCC study. There is an extension of the program for the design and development of high temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets for future needs. The PRISMAC program is outlined, focusing on the commissioning of the new laboratory.