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DOI:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2015-TUPB044
Title High Quality Factor Studies in SRF Nb3Sn Cavities
Authors
  • D.L. Hall, B. Clasby, H. Conklin, R.G. Eichhorn, T. Gruber, G.H. Hoffstaetter, J.J. Kaufman, M. Liepe
    Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
Abstract A significant advantage of Nb3Sn coated on niobium over conventional bulk niobium is the substantial reduction in the BCS losses at equal temperatures of the former relative to the latter. The quality factor of a 1.3 GHz Nb3Sn cavity is thus almost entirely dictated by the residual resistance at temperatures at and below 4.2 K, which, if minimised, offers the ability to operate the cavity in liquid helium at atmospheric pressure with quality factors exceeding 4·10¹⁰. In this paper we look at the impact of the cooldown procedure – which is intrinsically linked to the effect of spatial and temporal gradients – and the impact of external ambient magnetic fields on the performance of a Nb3Sn cavity.
Funding Work supported by DOE grant DE-SC0008431 and NSF grant PHY-141638
Paper download TUPB044.PDF [0.914 MB / 4 pages]
Conference SRF2015, Whistler, BC, Canada
Series International Conference on RF Superconductivity (17th)
Proceedings Link to full SRF2015 Proccedings
Session Poster Session
Date 15-Sep-15   14:30–17:40
Main Classification Fundamentals SRF R&D - Other Materials
Keywords cavity, niobium, SRF, radio-frequency, accelerating-gradient
Publisher JACoW, Geneva, Switzerland
Editors Robert E. Laxdal (TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada); Jana Thomson (TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada); Volker RW Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany)
ISBN 978-3-95450-178-6
Published December 2015
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