Melvin Liebsch

ORCID: 0000-0002-2022-105X
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Research Areas
  • Superconducting Materials and Applications
  • Particle accelerators and beam dynamics
  • Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers
  • Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods
  • Magnetic Field Sensors Techniques
  • Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics
  • Magnetic Properties and Applications
  • Nuclear Physics and Applications
  • Magnetic confinement fusion research
  • Electromagnetic Simulation and Numerical Methods
  • Model Reduction and Neural Networks
  • Non-Destructive Testing Techniques
  • Particle Detector Development and Performance
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
  • Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
  • Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis
  • Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
  • Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels
  • Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques
  • Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design
  • Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation

European Organization for Nuclear Research
2019-2025

ESS Bilbao
2023

GaToroid is a novel idea of steady-state, toroidal magnet that directs multiple charged particle beams for hadron or electron therapy without rotating parts ramping. has the potential conformal radiotherapy with configuration can be simpler and lighter than conventional gantries, also offering FLASH capability well beyond what presently possible. A crucial feature field profile, which optimized to maximize acceptance (large area) beam transmission (good homogeneity). We have built tested 1:3...

10.1109/tasc.2025.3526911 article EN IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 2025-01-01

Abstract The integration of machine learning (Keplerian paradigm) and more general artificial intelligence technologies with physical modeling based on first principles (Newtonian will impact scientific computing in engineering fundamental ways. Such hybrid models combine principle-based data-based into a joint architecture. This paper give some background, explain trends showcase recent achievements from an applied mathematics industrial perspective. Examples include characterization...

10.1186/s13362-022-00123-0 article EN cc-by Journal of Mathematics in Industry 2022-03-03

Recent accelerator projects for radiation-therapy centers demand strongly curved magnets in transfer lines and gantries. Several advances have been achieved designing manufacturing curved, cosine-theta, canted-cosine-theta type magnets. This paper presents a new computer-aided design (CAD) engine generating coil geometries various types of mandrel surfaces (elliptical, conical) interfacing with field simulation software as well CAD tools. The is based on the differential geometry Frenet...

10.1109/tasc.2023.3338167 article EN cc-by IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 2023-12-01

Abstract Magnetic fields generated by normal or superconducting electromagnets are used to guide and focus particle beams in storage rings, synchrotron light sources, mass spectrometers, beamlines for radiotherapy. The accurate determination of the magnetic field measurement is critical prediction beam trajectory hence design accelerator complex. In this context, state-of-the-art numerical computation makes use boundary-element methods (BEM) express field. This enables higher-order partial...

10.1515/cmam-2022-0121 article EN cc-by Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics 2022-12-14

10.1016/j.nima.2021.165580 article EN Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment 2021-06-24

Extracting the coefficients of Fourier–Bessel series, known as pseudo-multipoles or generalized gradients, from magnetic measurements accelerator magnets involves technical and mathematical challenges. First, a novel design short, rotating-coil magnetometer is required that does not intercept any axial field component magnet. Moreover, displacing short magnetometers, step-by-step along magnet axis, yields convolution local multipole errors sensitivity (test function) induction coil. The...

10.1142/s0217751x19420223 article EN International Journal of Modern Physics A 2019-12-11

Magnetic fields in the aperture of particle accelerator magnets can be represented by boundary potentials, exploiting Kirchhoff's integral equation. Depending on formulation, magnetic measurement data discrete approximations Dirichlet or Neumann at domain boundary. The missing Cauchy data, which are related to tangential-field components, then computed boundary-element method (BEM) a numerical post-processing step. Evaluating equation for field reconstruction inside interest will reduce...

10.1109/tmag.2019.2952092 article EN IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 2020-01-09

A single aperture Canted-Cosine-Theta (CCT) quadrupole magnet, made of NbTi superconductors, has been developed for the final focus region FCC-ee study. The conductor layout is optimised to mitigate edge effects on one two sides magnet that typically lead undesired higher-order multipoles. Experimental results a prototype, including paraffin wax impregnation and cryogenic temperature measurements, are presented. exhibits no training behaviour, surpassing nominal current during initial ramp....

10.18429/jacow-ipac2024-weps65 preprint EN arXiv (Cornell University) 2024-05-30

Induction-coil magnetometers are among the most common devices for measuring both static and transient magnetic fields in accelerator spectrometer magnets. Recent developments have included an induction-coil array mounted on a sledge, which is translated mid-plane of normal-conducting This device, subsequently denoted as moving fluxmeter, used to derive field homogeneity magnet center, well gradients fringe-field areas. Induction coils capture flux through surface that traced out by coil...

10.1016/j.sna.2023.114334 article EN cc-by Sensors and Actuators A Physical 2023-03-28

The ISOLDE Scientific Infrastructure at CERN offers a unique range of post-accelerated radioactive beams. scientific program can be improved with the “Isolde Superconducting Recoil Separator” (ISRS), an innovative spectrometer able to deliver unprecedented (A, Z) resolution. In this paper we present overview physics and ongoing technical developments.

10.1016/j.nimb.2023.05.052 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 2023-05-24

Accelerator magnets made from blocks of permanent in a zero-clearance configuration are known as Halbach arrays. The objective this paper is the fusion knowledge magnetic field and material measurements domain (magnetostatics) to obtain an updated magnet model array. From Helmholtz coil magnetized blocks, prior distribution magnetization estimated. Measurements flux density used derive posterior by means Bayesian inference. method validated on simulated data applied dipole FASER detector....

10.1109/tmag.2023.3301976 article EN cc-by IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 2023-08-04

Constitutive equations are required in electromagnetic field simulations to model a material response applied fields or forces. Series measurements of iron lamination specimens have shown significant variations the observed ( <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">B,H</i> ) data between samples that may occur due impurities, mechanical stresses, aging. Data-driven modeling and updating...

10.1109/access.2024.3393348 article EN cc-by IEEE Access 2024-01-01

FASER, the ForwArd Search ExpeRiment, is designed to search for new, yet undiscovered, light and weakly-interacting particles study interactions of high-energy neutrinos. Three dipoles, one 1.5 m-long other two 1.0 each, installed upstream ATLAS experiment at CERN, are required achieve sufficient separation pairs oppositely charged, Standard Model originating from decays new physics particles. The dipoles have an aperture 200 mm in diameter a magnetic field centre ≥ 0.55 T. Due tight space...

10.1109/tasc.2022.3191284 article EN IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 2022-07-14

The first FCC-ee final focus quadrupole prototype has been designed, manufactured, assembled and tested at warm. is a single aperture magnet of the CCT type. One edge was designed with local multipole cancellation, whereas other left conventional design. An optimized rotating induction-coil sensor used. A technique developed to take into account field distortions due environment test distinguish them from effects, demonstrating an excellent quality for prototype.

10.48550/arxiv.2105.13230 preprint EN other-oa arXiv (Cornell University) 2021-01-01

Accelerator magnets made from blocks of permanent in a zero-clearance configuration are known as Halbach arrays. The objective this work is the fusion knowledge different measurement sources (material and field) domain (magnetostatics) to obtain an updated magnet model array. From Helmholtz-coil measurements magnetized blocks, prior distribution magnetization estimated. Measurements magnetic flux density used derive, by means Bayesian inference, posterior distribution. method validated on...

10.48550/arxiv.2306.12844 preprint EN other-oa arXiv (Cornell University) 2023-01-01

Constitutive equations are used in electromagnetic field simulations to model a material response applied fields or forces. The $B(H)$ characteristic of iron laminations depends on thermal and mechanical stresses that may have occurred during the manufacturing process. Data-driven modelling updating therefore well known necessities. In this work curve an yoke accelerator magnet is updated based observed magnetic flux density data by solving non-linear inverse problem. problem regularized...

10.48550/arxiv.2306.12872 preprint EN other-oa arXiv (Cornell University) 2023-01-01

Induction-coil magnetometers are among the most common devices for measuring both static and transient magnetic fields in accelerator spectrometer magnets. Recent developments have included an induction-coil array mounted on a sledge, which is translated mid-plane of normal-conducting This device, subsequently denoted as moving fluxmeter, used to derive field homogeneity magnet center, well gradients fringe-field areas.This paper focuses design induction coil fluxmeter. Short translating...

10.2139/ssrn.4295764 article EN SSRN Electronic Journal 2022-01-01

The first FCC-ee final focus quadrupole prototype has been designed, manufactured, assembled and tested at warm. is a single aperture magnet of the CCT type. One edge was designed with local multipole cancellation, whereas other left conventional design. An optimized rotating induction-coil sensor used. A technique developed to take into account field distortions due environment test distinguish them from effects, demonstrating an excellent quality for prototype.

10.18429/jacow-ipac2021-thpab013 article EN 12th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC'21), Campinas, SP, Brazil, 24-28 May 2021 2021-05-28
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