HTS European Strategy Group for Accelerator Magnets

The following document reports on the set up of a European strategy group on HTS accelerator technology and on its mandate, composition, and modus operandi. After discussions within WP8 and in line with the roadmap for implementing the European Strategy Update on Particle Physics, that CERN and the LDG (Laboratory Director Group) are in the process of defining, the group will be named HTS-AT, i.e. HTS for Accelerator Technology. The name emphasizes the need of a technological development before HTS becomes usable in accelerator magnets.

The main scope of the group is to organize workshops, forums, meetings, to present and discuss progress/plans on HTS for accelerator magnet technology in Europe: superconductors, magnets, cryogenics, modelling, testing, instrumentation, protection. This activity should implement synergies and favor collaboration among various institutes with representation from all I.FAST-WP8 beneficiaries and other key laboratories in the field. The kick-off meeting of the Group has taken place on seventeenth of March 2022.