Bates, E. M.Birmingham, W. J.Romero-Talamas, C. A.2018-06-042018-06-042018-05Design and experimental results of the 1-T Bitter Electromagnet Testing Apparatus (BETA) . E. M. Batesa, W. J. Birmingham, and C. A. Romero-Talamás. Review of Scientific Instruments 2018 89:5https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4997383http://hdl.handle.net/11603/10892This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. The following article appeared in Review of Scientific Instruments 89, 054704 (2018) and may be found at https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.4997383The Bitter Electromagnet Testing Apparatus (BETA) is a 1-Tesla (T) technical prototype of the 10 T Adjustable Long Pulsed High-Field Apparatus. BETA’s final design specifications are highlighted in this paper which include electromagnetic, thermal, and stress analyses. We discuss here the design and fabrication of BETA’s core, vessel, cooling, and electrical subsystems. The electrical system of BETA is composed of a scalable solid-state DC breaker circuit. Experimental results display the stable operation of BETA at 1 T. These results are compared to both analytical design and finite element calculations. Experimental results validate analytical magnet designing methods developed at the Dusty Plasma Laboratory. The theoretical steady state maxima and the limits of BETA’s design are explored in this paper.13 pagesen-USThis item may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. It is made available by UMBC for non-commercial research and education. For permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the author.Electromagnet Testing Apparatus (BETA)10 T Adjustable Long Pulsed High-Field Apparatusdesign specificationselectromagnetic, thermal, and stress analysesfabricationcore, vessel, cooling, and electrical subsystems.electrical systemscalable solid-state DC breaker circuitCollection