Performance of Series-Design Prototype Main Quadrupoles for the LHC

After the successful construction of two first-generation prototypes of the main quadrupoles for the LHC, three series-design prototypes have been further manufactured at CEA-Saclay. Together with the sextupole-dipole corrector magnets and tuning quadrupoles, these twin-aperture main quadrupoles are assembled into the cold masses of the so-called short straight sections. Already during their fabrication, the collared coils and later the completed cold masses undergo warm magnetic measurements. Two of the main quadrupole cold masses have been mounted into their definitive machine cryostats and submitted to training and magnetic measurements. This paper presents the results of these cold tests by describing the quench behaviour, the transfer function in each of the apertures and the multipole components found at different levels of excitation. The field quality results, in cold conditions, will be compared to those measured at room temperatur