CHATS-AS 2026

from Monday, 9 March 2026 (14:00) to Thursday, 12 March 2026 (13:30)
Saariselkä, Ivalo, Finland

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
9 Mar 2026
10 Mar 2026
11 Mar 2026
12 Mar 2026
AM
08:25 Opening - Tiina-Mari Salmi  
08:30
Modeling methods and tools (until 10:10)
08:30 Modelling the thermo-hydraulic response of ITER TF coils under representative fast-discharge scenarios in the Magnet Cold Test Facility - Serafina Baschetti  
08:55 Modeling Thermal Coupling Effects in the ITER TF Coil - Luca Bottura (CERN)  
09:20 Quench analysis of the W7-X Non-Planar Coil operating at 1.8 T - Prof. Monika Lewandowska (The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences)  
09:45 Thermo-Hydraulic Analysis of the EUROfusion DEMO TF LAR Coil - Dr Kamil Sedlak (EPFL-SPC)  
10:10 --- Coffee break ---
10:25
Modeling methods and tools (until 12:05)
10:25 4C code qualification: validation against data from the cooldown of the EAST TF magnets - ROBERTO BONIFETTO  
10:50 Modelling Quench in Magnets with Internal Dump - Mr Matteo Lanzolla (CERN)  
11:15 Numerical analysis techniques for evaluating electromagnetic and thermal characteristics of spiral copper-plated striated coated-conductor cables under ac operation conditions - Dr Yusuke Sogabe  
11:40 On the mode based regime apdatiation for quench propagation model in CICC - Dr Dong Keun Oh (Korea Institute of Fusion Energy)  
08:30
Modeling methods and tools (until 10:15)
08:30 Invited talk  
09:00 Quench Protection in Insulated REBCO Conductors: Design Optimization and Fast Detection via REBCO SQD - Hajar ZGOUR (CEA Paris Saclay)  
09:25 Quench Modeling and Experiment on 10 kA HTS Insulated Coil - Nikolay Bykovskiy (EPFL SPC)  
09:50 Quench analysis of HTS part of the hybrid Central Solenoid designed for the next generation experimental fusion device - Aleksandra Dembkowska (West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin)  
10:15 --- Coffee break ---
10:30
Modeling methods and tools (until 12:10)
10:30 Modelling quench propagation in indirectly cooled HTS winding packs for fusion applications - Andrea Zappatore  
10:55 Electromagnetic and thermal modeling of a non-insulated multi-turn coil made by HTS tapes - Ms Silvia Pierri (NEMO Group, Dipartimento Energia, Politecnico di Torino, Torino 10129, Italy)  
11:20 Developments of the D0 prototype HTS conductor: Advancing Quench Detection for High-Temperature Superconducting Magnets for SupraFusion - Clément Genot  
11:45 Cost Exploration of the CS Cryo-Magnetic System for EU-DEMO - francois bonne (CEA IRIG DSBT)  
08:30
Modeling methods and tools (until 08:55)
08:30 Numerical modeling of rotating high-temperature superconductiors with the T-A formulation - Francesco Grilli  
08:55
Experiments and Validation (until 10:10)
08:55 Operation performance of the High Temperature Superconductor Current Leads for Wendelstein-7X and JT-60SA - Reinhard Heller  
09:20 Characterization, design, construction, test, and postmortem of >40 T ultra high-field, > 800 MPa high-stress REBCO coils - Dr JESEOK BANG (Applied Superconductivity Center, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory)  
09:45 Experiments on HTS coils in the test facility at CERN: discussion on methods to validate models. - Franco Julio Mangiarotti (CERN) Gerard Willering (CERN)  
10:10 --- Coffee break ---
10:25
Experiments and Validation (until 11:15)
10:25 Test results and analysis of REBCO Subscale magnet 1 (RS1) in various cryogenic environments - Dmitry Sotnikov Douglas Martins Araujo  
10:50 Methodology to predict the Tcs in ITER TF Coils based on Sultan Samples and TF Insert Coil Database - Lorenzo Cavallucci (University of Bologna)  
11:15
Discussion and Conclusions (until 12:30)
PM
17:00
Registration and Welcome (until 18:30) (Piilopirtti)
12:05
Lunch (until 14:00)
14:00
Modeling methods and tools (until 15:40)
14:00 Evolution of Operational Characteristics in the KSTAR Nb₃Sn Superconducting Magnet System at Low dI/dt - Dr Hyunjung Lee (Korea Institute of Fusion Energy)  
14:25 Simulating Quench in Metal Insulated Racetracks using Finite Element Methods - Tiina-Mari Salmi  
14:50 Electrical Behavior of GIGA Stellarator Magnet System with a Low-voltage Fast Discharge - Shin Hasegawa (Gauss Fusion GmbH)  
15:15 Modeling of electric faults in the ITER TF magnets - Marco Breschi (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))  
15:40 --- Coffee break ---
15:55
Modeling methods and tools (until 17:35)
15:55 Analytical and Numerical Analysis of Screening Currents in the HTS Muon Collider Cos-Theta Dipole - Francesco Mariani  
16:20 Characterization of a fully insulated HTS coil in the TRUST project framework - Simone Carusotti  
16:45 AC loss estimation in round HTS cables - Dr Mykola Soloviov (Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS))  
17:10 Numerical modelling of HTS response to magnetic field in perpendicular geometry - MARTINA CASCIELLO  
12:10
Lunch (until 14:00)
14:00
Modeling methods and tools (until 14:50)
14:00 REBCO Subscale magnet 2 (RS2): a field-angle optimized common coil design for a double-aperture accelerator magnets wound from tape-stack or Roebel cable - Douglas Martins Araujo (PSI)  
14:25 Instantaneous Power-Loss Modelling in HTS Conductors for Fusion Applications - Gianluca De Marzi (INFN e Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT))  
14:50
Modeling methods and tools (until 15:40)
14:50 Thermo-hydraulic and 3D mechanical analysis of the stresses in the electrical insulation of the W7-X non-planar coil during quench - Rafal Ortwein  
15:15 A holistic approach to include tolerances in the design process of superconducting magnets: the example of the Spin Rotators Solenoids for the EIC. - Valerio Calvelli (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))  
15:40 --- Coffee break ---
15:55
Modeling methods and tools (until 17:10)
15:55 Toward the Magnet Design of the Main Block-Coil Dipoles of the Muon Collider Ring - Luca Alfonso (INFN Genova)  
16:20 Magnet Design for the Muon Collider Storage Ring - Barbara Caiffi (INFN e Universita Genova (IT))  
16:45 Electrical properties of filamented and non-filamented REBCO superconductors under mechanical loading - Tomas Kujovic (Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences)  
18:00
Social dinner (until 21:00)
12:30
Lunch (until 13:30)