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To mitigate these limitations, this paper proposes a self-triggered, magnetic-field-excited superconducting current-limiting reactor (SCLR) integrated with a solenoidal magnet assembly. During the design and simulation phases, a segmented discretization method is employed to quantitatively characterize the gradient distribution of the external perpendicular field within the superconducting tapes and coils. This approach theoretically elucidates the mechanism by which spatially non-uniform magnetic fields influence current-limiting performance. DC short-circuit simulations show that the background magnetic field instantly reduces the critical current, rapidly transitioning the superconducting layer into a nonlinear resistive state. In contrast to the conventional topology, the proposed SCLR achieves two key performance improvements during short-circuit faults: it limits the peak fault current to just 45.9% of the value recorded with the conventional RSFCL scheme, and it reduces the maximum temperature rise by 1.4 K. 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