SHIMMING TECHNIQUES FOR THE ULTRAPRECISE MUON G-2 STORAGE-RING AT THE AGS

Major components are in an advanced state of construction for a 7 meter radius 0.1 PPM Precision storage ring.1 Detailed techniques are planned for static shimming of the assembly to at least 10 PPM magnetic field uniformity prior to the use of field correction coils. An air gap behind each ultra-pure iron pole piece strongly decouples the aperture field shape from the properties of the 1006 iron yoke. Iron wedges whose thickness varies across the width of the poles with slope of approximately 1/60 are used to eliminate the gradient produced by the C-magnet shape required for open access for the decay electron counter on the inside radius of the storage ring magnet. These wedges are 10 cm in azimuthal length and can be radially adjusted for short wavelength field adjustments. A horizontal motion of 50 mum effectively adjusts the 10 cm half-gap aperture by 1 mum (or 10 PPM). This and other techniques to adjust dipole, quadrupole, sextuple, etc. multipoles will be described.