SRF2013 - List of Keywords (experiment)

Paper	Title	Other Keywords	Page
MOIOB04	Commissioning and Operation of DC-SRF Injector	SRF, controls, cavity, LLRF	53
	K.X. Liu, J.E. Chen, L.W. Feng, J.K. Hao, S. Huang, L. Lin, S.W. Quan, F. Wang, Zh.W. Wang, X.D. Wen, H.M. Xie, K. Zhao, F. Zhu PKU, Beijing, People's Republic of China
	As a new and compact injector with medium beam current, the DC-SRF injector at Peking University has been upgraded recently mainly on DC part and heat loading. With a new 20kW solid state RF power source, an improved LLRF system and related diagnostic devices on the new beam line, a series of experiments have been carried out for stably operating the DC-SRF injector at 2K temperature. The description of the system, experiment process and results will be presented.
	Slides MOIOB04 [4.992 MB]

MOP001	CASCADE: a Cavity Based Dark Matter Experiment	cavity, photon, shielding, detector	66
	M.K. Kalliokoski, I.R. Bailey, N. Woollett Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom G. Burt, A.C. Dexter Cockcroft Institute, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom S. Chattopadhyay Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom J.B. Dainton The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom P. Goudket, A.J. Moss, S.M. Pattalwar, T.T. Thakker, P.H. Williams STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
	An experiment is proposed that uses a pair of RF cavities as a source and detector of hidden sector photons (HSP). HSP's are hypothetical low-mass dark matter candidates with coupling to ordinary photons. SRF cavities are favoured in this experiment as they are able to store a high number of photons for a given input power due to the high Q available. When powered, such a cavity will act as a source of HSPs, while an empty cavity will be able to capture any HSP's decaying back into RF photons. Such an experiment (CASCADE) is being developed at the Cockcroft Institute using single cell 1.3 GHz cavities previously utilised for manufacturing and BCP studies. The aims of the CASCADE project are detailed, along with the system specification.

MOP036	New Technique and Result of Laser Welded SCRF Cavity Developed at RRCAT	cavity, laser, vacuum, niobium	186
	P. Khare, R. Arya, J. Dwivedi, R. Ghosh, G. Gilankar, C. Gupta, P.D. Gupta, A. Jain, S.C. Joshi, G.V. Kane, R. Kaul, P.K. Kush, G. Mundra, S.M. Oak, C.K. Pithawa, P. Ram Sankar, S.B. Roy, V.C. Sahni, R.S. Sandha, P. Shrivastava, B.N. Upadhyay RRCAT, Indore (M.P.), India C.A. Cooper, C.M. Ginsburg, A. Grassellino, C.S. Mishra, A.M. Rowe Fermilab, Batavia, USA
	A new technique to fabricate SCRF cavities with the help of laser welding process has been developed at Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology RRCAT), Indore, Department of Atomic Energy, India. In this technique, a pulsed Nd:YAG laser has been used and welding was performed in inert gas environment, in a specially designed welding rig. The advantages of this technique are reduced cost, small heat affected zone, no necessity to weld in vacuum and enhanced rate of production. The paper describes the technique and fabrication method of a single-cell 1.3 GHz SCRF cavity which was fabricated at RRCAT with this new technique. It also discusses the test result of this cavity which was processed and tested at Fermilab. The cavity reached an Eacc of 17MV/m with a Q0 of 1.4 E +10 at 2K. The cavity is being barrel polished for further improvement.

MOP071	Record Quality Factor Performance of the Prototype Cornell ERL Main Linac Cavity in the Horizontal Test Cryomodule	cavity, linac, cryomodule, higher-order-mode	300
	N.R.A. Valles, R.G. Eichhorn, F. Furuta, G.M. Ge, D. Gonnella, D.L. Hall, Y. He, K.M.V. Ho, G.H. Hoffstaetter, M. Liepe, T.I. O'Connel, S. Posen, P. Quigley, J. Sears, V. Veshcherevich Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
	Funding: Supported by NSF grant DMR-0807731 Future SRF linac driven accelerators operated in CW mode will require very efficient SRF cavities with high intrinsic quality factors Q at medium accelerating fields. Cornell has recently ﬁnished testing the fully equipped 1.3 GHz, 7-cell main linac cavity for the Cornell Energy Recovery Linac in a horizontal test cryomodule (HTC). Measurements characterizing the fundamental mode’s quality factor have been completed, showing record Q performance. In this paper, we present detailed quality factor vs gradient results for three HTC assembly stages. We show that the performance of an SRF cavity can be maintained when installed into a cryomodule, and that thermal cycling reduces residual surface resistance. We present world record results for a fully equipped multicell cavity in a cryomodule, reaching intrinsic quality factors at operating accelerating field of Q(E =16.2 MV/m, 1.8K) > 6·10¹⁰ and Q(E =16.2 MV/m, 1.6K) > 1.0·10¹¹, corresponding to a very low residual surface resistance of 1.1 nOhm.

TUIOA01	Influence of the Couldown at the Transition Temperature on the SRF Cavity Quality Factor	cavity, shielding, niobium, SRF	370
	O. Kugeler, J. Knobloch, J.M. Vogt HZB, Berlin, Germany
	The quality factor Q0 that can be obtained in a superconducting cavity is known to depend on various factors like niobium material properties, treatment history and magnetic shielding. We believe that cooling conditions have an additional impact, as they appear to influence the amount of trapped flux and hence the residual resistance. We constructed a test stand using a niobium rod shorted out by a titanium rod to mimic a cavity in its helium tank to study flux trapping. Here we can precisely control the temperature and measure the dynamics of flux trapping at the superconducting phase transition. We learned that magnetic flux can be generated when a temperature gradient exists along the rod and when the niobium transitions into the superconducting state it subsequently remains trapped. Furthermore, it was shown that the cooling rate during isothermal cooldown through the transition temperature can influence the amount of externally applied flux which remains trapped. The acquired knowledge may be used to modify the cooldown procedure of SRF cavities leading to a reduced level of trapped flux and hence operation closer to the BCS limit.
	Slides TUIOA01 [1.276 MB]

TUIOA02	High Q0 Research: The Dynamics of Flux Trapping in Superconducting Niobium	cavity, niobium, simulation, shielding	374
	J.M. Vogt HZB, Berlin, Germany J. Knobloch, O. Kugeler BESSY GmbH, Berlin, Germany
	The quality factor Q0 that can be obtained in a superconducting cavity is known to depend on various factors like niobium material properties, treatment history and magnetic shielding. We believe that cooling conditions have an additional impact, as they appear to influence the amount of trapped flux and hence the residual resistance. We have constructed a test stand using niobium rods to study flux trapping. Here we can precisely control the temperature and measure the dynamics of flux trapping at the superconducting phase transition. We learned that magnetic flux can be generated when a temperature gradient exists along the rod as the niobium transitions to the superconducting state, which subsequently remains trapped. It was also shown that the cooling rate can influence the amount of externally applied flux which is trapped. Furthermore, we also were able to demonstrate that flux lines become mobile if the superconductor is warmed close to below Tc. The acquired knowledge may be used to modify the cooldown procedure of SRF cavities leading to a reduced level of trapped flux and hence operation closer to the BCS limit.
	Slides TUIOA02 [5.774 MB]

TUIOB01	R&D Progress in SRF Surface Preparation With Centrifugal Barrel Polishing (CBP) for both Nb and Cu	cavity, SRF, niobium, synchrotron	398
	A.D. Palczewski JLAB, Newport News, Virginia, USA B. Bullock Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA C.A. Cooper Fermilab, Batavia, USA S.C. Joshi RRCAT, Indore (M.P.), India A. Navitski DESY, Hamburg, Germany A.A. Rossi INFN/LNL, Legnaro (PD), Italy
	Funding: Authored by Jefferson Science Associates, LLC under U.S. DOE Contract No. DE-AC05-06OR23177. Centrifugal Barrel polishing (CBP) is becoming a common R&D tool for SRF cavity preparation around the word. During the CBP process a cylindrically symmetric SRF cavity is filled with relatively cheap and environmentally friendly abrasive and sealed. The cavity is then spun around the cylindrical axis at high speeds uniformly conditioning the inner surface. This uniformity is especially relevant for SRF application because many times a single manufacturing defects limits cavity’s performance well below it’s theoretical limit. In addition CBP has created surfaces with roughness’s on the order of 10’s of nm which create a unique surface for wet chemistry or thin film deposition. CBP is now being utilized at Jefferson Laboratory, Fermi Laboratory and Cornell University in the US, Ko Enerugi Kasokuki Kenkyu Kiku in Japan, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron in Germany, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro in Italy, and Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology in India. In this talk we will present current CBP research from each lab including polishing recipes, equipment, post CBP chemistry/heat treatment, and subsequent cryogenic cavity tests on niobium as well as copper cavities.
	Slides TUIOB01 [2.204 MB]

TUIOC02	Bipolar EP: Electropolishing without Fluorine in a Water Based Electrolyte	cavity, niobium, SRF, controls	404
	A.M. Rowe, A. Grassellino Fermilab, Batavia, USA T.D. Hall, M.E. Inman, S.T. Snyder, E.J. Taylor Faraday Technology, Inc., Clayton, USA
	Funding: Operated by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC under contract No. De-AC02-07CH11359 with the United States Department of Energy For more than thirty years, preparing superconducting RF cavities for high performance has required the use of dangerous and ecologically damaging chemicals. Reducing the personnel and environmental risks associated with using these chemicals is a priority at Fermilab. Therefore, Fermilab pursued a project to adapt a non-hazardous and relatively benign bipolar electropolishing technique to SRF cavities that Faraday Technology, Inc. developed. Faraday initially developed this electropolishing technique to polish metal alloys used in automotive and semiconductor components as well as medical devices and implants. By modifying the cathodic/anodic interaction via a pulse forward/pulse reverse technique, Fermilab and Faraday Technology demonstrate the capability to polish 1.3 GHz single-cell cavities utilizing an aqueous 10% sulfuric acid electrolyte. We present the development of bipolar EP for single-cell 1.3 GHz cavities and show the results from vertical tests achieving gradients greater than 40 MV/m.
	Slides TUIOC02 [1.251 MB]

TUIOC03	Fluorine Free Ionic Liquid Electropolishing of Niobium Cavities	niobium, cavity, cathode, superconductivity	410
	V.B. Pastushenko, O.V. Malkova, V. Palmieri, A.A. Rossi, F. Stivanello, G. Yu INFN/LNL, Legnaro (PD), Italy G. Yu CIAE, Beijing, People's Republic of China
	Ionic liquids are an emerging breakthrough in green chemistry since the years 2000. In 2006, INFN-LNL was the first to apply a mixture of Choline Chloride and Urea to Niobium electropolishing. It was found that mirror like surfaces could be obtained at temperature higher than 120°C, with high throwing power. Subsequently the process was successfully applied to the electropolishing of a 6 GHz monocell cavity with the addition of sulphamic acid. In this work, we will report an intense investigation of the possible variants of the original recipe. We studied the influence on Niobium surface roughness of several parameters such as: other sulphamic, ammonium and carboxylic containing additives different than sulfamic acid, the possible substitution of Urea with ethylene glycol and malic acid, the current regime; the electrolyte temperature and the cathode shape, rotating horizontal electropolishing versus vertical electropolishing. Due to the cavity hollow cylindrical shape, the electrolyte temperature appeared to be the most crucial parameters among those above mentioned for a uniform dissolution of niobium.
	Slides TUIOC03 [14.464 MB]

TUIOC06	Study on Optimum Electron Beam Welding Condition for Superconducting Accelerating Cavities	cavity, niobium, electron, SRF	424
	T. Kubo, Y. Ajima, H. Inoue, T. Saeki, K. Umemori, Y. Watanabe, S. Yamaguchi, M. Yamanaka KEK, Ibaraki, Japan T. Nagata ULVAC, Inc., Tsukuba, Japan
	Optimizations of electron beam welding conditions might solve the quench problems and improve the accelerating field of the superconducting radio-frequency cavity. As a first step toward optimum conditions, basic properties of weld beads are studied by using niobium test pieces. Effects of a combination of a beam generator position and a welding direction on geometries of weld bead are shown. Good parameter-regions for electron beam welding, which yield full penetration welds without holes or weld spatters, are surveyed. Microscopic structures, such as pits or bumps due to poor welds, have greater influence on cavity performances, which are also our research objects. We introduce a model of the magnetic field enhancement at pits, where a formula for a magnetic field enhancement factor is given as a function of parameters that express a geometry of pit. Comparisons between calculations and vertical test results are also shown.
	Slides TUIOC06 [15.958 MB]

TUP008	Models of the Magnetic Field Enhancement at Pits	cavity, SRF, laser, radio-frequency	433
	T. Kubo KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
	A simple model of the magnetic field enhancement at pits on the surface of superconducting accelerating cavity is proposed. The model consists of a two-dimensional pit with a slope angle, depth, width, and radius of round edge. An analytical formula that describes the magnetic field enhancement factor of the model is derived. The formula is given as a function of a slope angle and a ratio of half a width to a round-edge radius. Using the formula, the field at which vortices start to penetrate can be evaluated for a given geometry of pit. Takayuki Kubo, arXiv:1307.5943 [physics.acc-ph](Submitted on 23 Jul 2013)

TUP009	Magnetic Dependence of the Energy Gap: a Good Model to Fit Q Slope of Low Beta Cavities	cavity, superconductivity, niobium, simulation	438
	D. Longuevergne IPN, Orsay, France
	The reasons why the intrinsic quality factor (noted Qo) of a superconducting cavity drops with the accelerating field (noted Eacc) are still not well understood. In an effort to explain this phenomenon, mainly for high beta cavities, many models have been developed in the community but few of them could fit experimental data whatever the material treatment or surface conditioning. In the specific case of low beta cavities made of bulk Niobium (i.e Spiral 2 Quarter Wave Resonator), a model based on a magnetic field dependence of the energy gap has been developed to fit experimental data. The evolutions of the model input parameters depending on the cavity treatment or test conditions are consistent with the changes described in the literature. The model will be described and specific examples will be given.

TUP015	Bitter Decoration Studies of Magnetic Flux Penetration Into Cavity Cutouts	SRF, cavity, niobium, radio-frequency	451
	F.L. Barkov, A. Grassellino, A. Romanenko Fermilab, Batavia, USA L.Y. Vinnikov ISSP, Chernogolovka, Russia
	Funding: Fermilab is operated by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359 with the United States Department of Energy. Magnetic flux penetration may produce additional losses in superconducting radio frequency cavities. All the existing models for flux penetration are based on the formation of Abrikosov vortices. Using high resolution Bitter decoration technique we have investigated magnetic flux distribution patterns in cavity cutouts at the perpendicular magnetic fields of 10-80 mT. At low fields <20 mT the magnetic field penetrates in the form of flux bundles and not Abrikosov vortices, the situation characteristic of type-I superconductors. With the increase of the magnetic field up to 30 mT "bundles" first merge into a connected structure and then break up into individual Abrikosov vortices at ~60 mT and a well-known intermediate mixed state is observed. Such magnetic field driven transition from type I to type II superconductivity has never been observed before in any existing superconductor. For the case of flat samples we have observed a coexistence of both "bundles" and Abrikosov vortices in one experiment. Our results show that high-purity cavity grade niobium is a "border-line" material and behaves as a type-I superconductor at lower fields and type-II at higher fields.

TUP033	Magnetic Property Improvement of Niobium Doped with Rare Earth Elements	niobium, cavity, SRF, electron	490
	F.S. He, F. He, F. Jiao, X.Y. Lu, K. Zhao PKU, Beijing, People's Republic of China L. Chen NNIEC, Shizuishan City, Ningxia, People's Republic of China T.C. Jiang IMP, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China Y. You, H.Y. Zhao Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd., Dawukou District, Shizuishan city, People's Republic of China
	A new idea of modifying the raw niobium was proposed by PKU in 2010, by introducing rare earth elements of Sc and Y into Nb ingot during smelting process. Test results on small samples were very promising: the Tc was same as Nb, while the Hc1 and Hc2 were increased by 500-700 Oe and up to 4000 Oe, respectively. Recently one Nb ingot doped with Sc was successfully smelted under the collaboration of PKU and OSTEC at Ningxia, and two TESLA-type half cells were fabricated out of the new material by deep drawing. The Hc1 measured from the drop-off of the blanks were consistently high. The RRR was 127, while the mechanical properties met the ILC requirement. One single cell cavity is being fabricated, and vertical test is planned to study the SRF properties of the new material. There is a good chance that the quenching could be pushed to a higher gradient. Another innovative idea of doping only the surface layer of bulk Nb by ion implantation in the pelletron at PKU is also being investigated, in order to improve the SRF performance of the surface layer while maintaining the high thermal conductivity of bulk Nb. Some initial testing results of the new method will be reported as well. TTC2012 at JLab: https://www.jlab.org/indico/getFile.py/access?contribId=78&sessionId=8&resId=0&materialId=slides&confId=24

TUP037	Dynamic Hardening Rule; a Generalization of the Classical Hardening Rule for Crystal Plasticity	simulation, SRF, controls, niobium	499
	A. Mapar, F. Pourboghrat MSU, East Lansing, USA T.R. Bieler Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA C. Compton FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
	Funding: This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of High Energy Physics, through Grant No. DE-S0004222. The mechanical properties of a niobium (Nb) specimen can change with the orientation of the sheet. This anisotropy causes inhomogeneity in manufactured SRF cavities. Large grain Nb sheets are more anisotropic and less expensive than fine grain sheets. Designing a manufacturing process for large grain Nb sheets, however, is extremely complex, and requires using advance modeling techniques. A model capable of accurately predicting the deformation behavior of Nb can help improve the performance and reduce costs of a SRF cavity. Optimal design of the manufacturing of cavities with tube hydroforming process is possible with such a model. Crystal plasticity modeling of FCC materials has been very successful; however, there is still no model that can accurately predict the deformation behavior of BCC materials like the large grain Nb sheet. In this study, authors have proposed a dynamic hardening rule for crystal plasticity that significantly improves predictions of the model for large grain Nb. This model is the generalization of the classical hardening rule, and gives better control over the hardening rate. It also increases the stability of the model.

TUP046	Vertical Electropolishing of SRF Cavities and its Parameters Investigation	cavity, cathode, superconductivity, SRF	514
	F. Eozénou, F. Ballester, Y. Boudigou, P. Carbonnier, J.-P. Charrier, Y. Gasser, D. Roudier, C. Servouin CEA/DSM/IRFU, France K. Muller Grenoble-INP Phelma, Grenoble, France
	Funding: We acknowledge the support of the European Community-Research Infrastructure Activity under the FP7 program (EuCARD, Contract No. 227579),and the support of the ‘‘Conseil General de l’Essonne’’(ASTRE) An advanced set-up for vertical electropolishing (VEP) of SRF niobium elliptical cavities is operating at CEA Saclay. Cavities are VEP’ed with circulating standard HF-H2SO4 electrolyte. Parameters such as voltage, cathode shape, acid flow and temperature were investigated. Low-voltage (<7V), high acid flow (25L/min) and low acid temperature (20°C) are considered as promising parameters. Such recipe was tested on single-cell and 9-cell ILC cavities with nice surface finishing. After 60 μm VEP on a HEP'ed single-cell, the cavity show similar performance at 1.6K compared to previous Horizontal EP: (Eacc > 41MV/m) limited by quench. Another cavity reaches 36MV/m after 300μm removal by VEP in spite of a pitted surface due to initial VEP treatment at higher temperature (> 30°C). The baking effect after HEP/VEP is similar. An asymmetric niobium removal is observed with faster polishing in the upper cell. Nice surface finishing as well as standard Q0 value are obtained at low/medium field on 9Cell but achieved performance is limited by Field Emission. F. Eozenou et al., PRST-AB, 15, 083501 (2012)

TUP052	Study on Vertical Electro-Polishing by Cathode With Variable-Geometry Wings	cavity, cathode, scattering, niobium	530
	Y.I. Ida, K.N. Nii MGH, Hyogo-ken, Japan H. Hayano, S. Kato, H. Monjushiro, T. Saeki, M. Sawabe KEK, Ibaraki, Japan K. Ishimi, Y.B. Iwabuchi MGI, Chiba, Japan
	We have been studying on Vertical Electro-Polishing (VEP) of Nb superconducting accelerator cavity for about one year with a view to the mass-production and cost-reduction of Electro-Polishing (EP) process. Marui Galvanizing Co. Ltd. has been in the EP business of various metals for long time and we have matured experience on EP processes. With being based on the experience, we thought that uniform electric-current on the surface of cavity and effective flow of electrolyte in the cavity are important factors. Moreover, we thought the most important effect is given if the cathode and the cavity surface (anode) are kept in a constant distance. Following these considerations, we invented VEP process by a cathode with variable-geometry wings. Using this cathode, we performed several experiments of VEP Nb single-cell cavities as well as fluid circulation test by plastic 9-cell mock-up. In this article, we will report this unique VEP process, which might be applicable to the mass-production process of International Linear Collider (ILC).

TUP054	Electropolishing of Niobium SRF Cavities in Low Viscosity Aqueous Electrolytes Without Hydrofluoric Acid	cavity, niobium, SRF, controls	540
	E.J. Taylor, T.D. Hall, M.E. Inman, S.T. Snyder Faraday Technology, Inc., Clayton, USA A.M. Rowe Fermilab, Batavia, USA
	Funding: U.S. DOE Purchase order No. 594128 Electropolishing of niobium materials and cavities is conventionally conducted in high viscosity electrolytes consisting of concentrated sulfuric and hydrofluoric acid. The use of these dangerous and ecologically damaging chemicals requires careful attention to safety protocol to avoid harmful worker exposure and environmental damage. In this poster we present an approach based on bipolar voltage fields enabling the use of low viscosity water based electrolytes without hydrofluoric acid for electropolishing of niobium materials. The subtleties of the bipolar electropolishing process vis-a-vis conventional electropolishing will be presented.

TUP066	Plasma Processing of Large Surfaces with Application to SRF Cavity Modification	plasma, cavity, SRF, niobium	586
	J. Upadhyay, S. Popović, L. Vušković ODU, Norfolk, Virginia, USA D.S. Im Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA H.L. Phillips, A-M. Valente-Feliciano JLAB, Newport News, Virginia, USA
	Funding: Supported by DOE under grant no. DE-SC0007879. JU acknowledges support by JSA/DOE via DE-AC05-06OR23177 Plasma based surface modifications of SRF cavities present promising alternatives to the wet etching technology currently applied. To understand and characterize the plasma properties and chemical kinetics of plasma etching processes inside a single cell cavity, we have built a specially-designed cylindrical cavity with 8 observation ports. These ports can be used for holding niobium samples and diagnostic purposes simultaneously. Two frequencies (13.56 MHz and 2.45 GHz) of power source are used for different pressure, power and gas compositions. The plasma parameters were evaluated by a Langmuir probe and by an optical emission spectroscopy technique based on the relative intensity of two Ar 5p-4s lines at 419.8 and 420.07 nm. Argon 5p-4s transition is chosen to determine electron temperature in order to optimize parameters for plasma processing. Chemical kinetics of the process was observed using real-time mass spectroscopy. The effect of these parameters on niobium surface would be measured, presented at this conference, and used as guidelines for optimal design of SRF etching process.

TUP068	Laser Polishing of Niobium for SRF Applications	laser, niobium, SRF, simulation	593
	L. Zhao, M.J. Kelley The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, USA M.J. Kelley, J.M. Klopf, C.E. Reece JLAB, Newport News, Virginia, USA L. Zhao JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
	Smooth interior surfaces are desired for niobium SRF cavities, now obtained by buffered chemical polish (BCP) and/or electropolish (EP). Laser polishing is a potential alternative, having advantages of speed, freedom from chemistry and in-process inspection. Here we show that laser polishing can produce smooth topography with Power Spectral Density (PSD) measurements similar to that obtained by EP. We studied the influence of the laser power density and laser beam raster rate on the surface topography. These two factors need to be combined carefully to smooth the surface without damaging it. Computational modeling was used to simulate the surface temperature and explain the mechanism of laser polishing.
	Poster TUP068 [1.011 MB]

TUP081	Chemical Vapor Deposition Techniques for the Multilayer Coating of Superconducting RF Cavities	niobium, cavity, SRF, controls	635
	F. Weiss, C. Jimenez, S. Pignard Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, Grenoble INP, Grenoble, France C.Z. Antoine CEA/IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, France M. Benz, E. Blanquet, R. Boichot, A. Mantoux, F. Mercier Laboratoire SIMAP, Grenoble-INP, CNRS, UJF, Saint Martin d'Hères, France
	Issued from the recent development of thin films technologies, multilayer nanostructures face today very challenging questions in materials science: ultimate size reduction, process control at an atomic scale, new size driven properties and system characterisation. For superconducting RF technologies a significant breakthrough could arise from the use of multilayered structures deposited inside Nb cavities. These multilayer nanostructures are based on the use of some 10 nanometers thick superconducting layers (d<λL) with a higher Tc than in Nb, alternating with insulating layers, required to decouple the superconducting films. We present here our first studies devoted to nano-layered superconductors produced by Chemical Deposition techniques: CVD and ALD. The basic principles of CVD and ALD will be presented together with new developments of the coordination chemistry for the ALD precursors, which is key point for the optimization of the individual layers. First results concerning NbN films obtained by CVD as well as CVD and ALD results concerning insulating materials used for Superconducting/insulating (S/I/S/I) multilayers structures will be reported.

TUP104	Temperature Waves in SRF Research	cavity, detector, SRF, software	719
	A. Ganshin, R.G. Eichhorn, D.L. Hartill, G.H. Hoffstaetter, E.N. Smith, N.R.A. Valles Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA X. Mi Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
	Funding: This work has been supported by NSF award PHY-0969959 and DOE award DOE/SC00008431 Previously Cornell University developed Oscillating Superleak Transducers (OST) to locate quench spots on superconducting cavities in superfluid helium. This work builds upon this research and presents a technique to automatically visualize quench locations from OST data (1). This system is now fully automated. The current system consists of between 8 and 16 OSTs, a high gain low noise preamplifier, and a data acquisition card that can log up to 16 simultaneously recorded inputs. The developed software allows computing quench locations on various cavity geometries, adjustment of the location of each OST and a choice between several quench finding algorithms. Observed results are in excellent agreement with optical inspection and temperature map data. 1. http://newsline.linearcollider.org/2011/04/21/the-sound-of-accelerator-cavitie

TUP111	Experimental Investigations of the Quench Phenomena for the Quench Localization by the Second Sound Wave Method	cavity, SRF, niobium, controls	739
	J. Plouin, J.-P. Charrier, C. Magne, J. Novo CEA/DSM/IRFU, France L. Maurice CEA/IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
	The quench localization by the second sound method is now widely used in many laboratories. This method avoids the complicated implementation of temperature arrays around the surface cavities. Instead, specific sensors are placed around the cavity and the time of arrival of the second sound wave generated by the quench is measured on each sensor; then the distance from sensors to quench is deducted from the theoretical second sound wave velocity. In principle, the quench position can be localized with a triangulation by a limited number of sensors. However, many measurements have shown that the time of arrival of the wave was not corresponding to the theoretical second sound wave velocity: the “measured” velocity is often 50% higher than the theory. At CEA-Saclay we performed several measurements on single cell cavities to investigate these phenomena. Several hypotheses are studied: large quench spot, heat propagation by another phenomenon than the second sound near to the cavity where the heat power density is very high. These results and the discussions on these hypotheses will be presented.

WEIOC04	Theoretical Field Limits for Multi-Layer Superconductors	SRF, niobium, cavity, superconductivity	794
	S. Posen, M. Liepe Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA G. Catelani Forschungszentrum Jülich, Peter Gruenberg Institut (PGI-2), Jülich, Germany J.P. Sethna Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA M.K. Transtrum M.D.A.C.C., Houston, Texas, USA
	With modern cavity preparation techniques, niobium SRF cavities reach surface magnetic fields very close to the fundamental limit of the superheating field of the material, and researchers are looking to alternative superconductors to sustain even higher fields. However, these materials may have an increased vulnerability to flux penetration at defects, even small ones, as a result of their short coherence lengths. A. Gurevich has proposed [1] a method of mitigating this vulnerability: coating a bulk superconducting cavity with a series of very thin insulating and superconducting films. In this work, we present a thorough mathematical description of the SIS thin films proposed by Gurevich in the language of the SRF community, to help researchers to optimize cavities made from alternative superconductors. [1] A. Gurevich, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 012511 (2006)
	Slides WEIOC04 [4.116 MB]

THP067	Testing of Copper Plating Quality on ReA3 Coupler Bellows and Approach to Improved Plating for FRIB Production	vacuum, SRF, cavity, controls	1077
	L. Popielarski, M. Goodrich, M. Hodek, I.M. Malloch, N.M. Nicholas, R. Oweiss, J. Popielarski, N. Putnam, K. Saito, D.R. Victory FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
	Funding: This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science under Cooperative Agreement DE-SC0000661. The SRF community faces difficulties finding repeatable, quality copper plating for fundamental power coupler (FPC) components. The copper plating of ten small custom bellows of β=0.085 Quarter-Wave Resonator (QWR) variable couplers for the ReAccelerator project has presented technical challenges. An improvement plan has been established and includes: better defining plating requirements and specification, creating testing processes to assure plating quality (Acceptance Criteria Listing (ACL)), identify viable plating vendors, develop clean, robust plating fixtures, procedures and quality assurance steps with multiple vendors, and perform ACL testing on plated bellows. A total of 24 prototype and production plated bellows are analyzed through acceptance testing, which include a vacuum leak check, tape test, 1000 psi water rinse, thermal cycle at 77K, borescope inspection and final leak check. Select bellows have been processed and tested with a quarter-wave resonator. A summary of the plating improvement program, plated bellows acceptance statistics, and RF test results will be reported.

THP071	HOM Studies of the Cornell ERL Main Linac Cavity in the Horizontal Test Cryomodule	HOM, cavity, linac, cryomodule	1090
	N.R.A. Valles, R.G. Eichhorn, D.A. Goldman, G.H. Hoffstaetter, M. Liepe Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
	Funding: Supported by NSF grant DMR-0807731 The Cornell energy recovery linac will accelerate a 100 mA beam to 5 GeV, while maintaining very low emittance (30 pm at 77 pC bunch charge). A major challenge to running such a large current continuously through the machine is the effect of strong higher-order modes (HOMs) in the SRF cavities that can lead to beam breakup. This paper presents the results of HOM studies for the prototype 7-cell cavity installed in a horizontal test cryomodule (HTC). HOM measurements were done for three HTC assembly stages, from initial measurements on the bare cavity to being fully outﬁtted with side-mounted RF input coupler and beam line HOM absorbers. We compare the simulated results of the optimized cavity geometry with measurements from all three HTC experiments, demonstrating excellent damping of all dipole higher order modes.

THP082	Fast Detuning Experiment on an SRF Cavity	cavity, cryomodule, resonance, storage-ring	1118
	G. Wu, N.D. Arnold, T.G. Berenc, J. Carwardine, A.R. Cours, J.D. Fuerst, J.P. Holzbauer, D. Horan, A. Nassiri ANL, Argonne, USA J. Matalevich JLAB, Newport News, Virginia, USA Y. Yang TUB, Beijing, People's Republic of China
	Funding: Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. Short Pulse X-ray beamlines occupy a limited number of sectors after the APS Upgrade. The majority of APS users will not participate in the SPX experiment. As user operation requires the best beam availability, it is important that any SPX-related circuit trip that requires the extinguishment of rf power should not affect overall beam availability. As such, it is necessary to de-couple the SRF cavities from beam when such an rf trip happens. An example of such trip is that the rf window arcing has to be stopped within 1 ms, before serious damage occurs to the ceramic. As the rf amplifier shuts down the rf output, beam-driven cavity power has to be reduced, too. If cavity can be detuned fast enough and far enough away from its resonance, the beam does not have to be aborted. The SPX0 tuner is equipped with a fast response Piezo actuator in the cavity tuner stack. Such a Piezo may be able to provide a quick jolt of the cavity to provide detuning capability for the purpose of maintaining the beam in the event of an rf trip. In this paper, we describe the experimental setup and results obtained, and discuss its effectiveness for beam operation.

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MOIOB04

Commissioning and Operation of DC-SRF Injector

SRF, controls, cavity, LLRF

53

K.X. Liu, J.E. Chen, L.W. Feng, J.K. Hao, S. Huang, L. Lin, S.W. Quan, F. Wang, Zh.W. Wang, X.D. Wen, H.M. Xie, K. Zhao, F. Zhu
PKU, Beijing, People's Republic of China

As a new and compact injector with medium beam current, the DC-SRF injector at Peking University has been upgraded recently mainly on DC part and heat loading. With a new 20kW solid state RF power source, an improved LLRF system and related diagnostic devices on the new beam line, a series of experiments have been carried out for stably operating the DC-SRF injector at 2K temperature. The description of the system, experiment process and results will be presented.

Slides MOIOB04 [4.992 MB]

MOP001

CASCADE: a Cavity Based Dark Matter Experiment

cavity, photon, shielding, detector

66

M.K. Kalliokoski, I.R. Bailey, N. Woollett
Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
G. Burt, A.C. Dexter
Cockcroft Institute, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
S. Chattopadhyay
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
J.B. Dainton
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
P. Goudket, A.J. Moss, S.M. Pattalwar, T.T. Thakker, P.H. Williams
STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom

An experiment is proposed that uses a pair of RF cavities as a source and detector of hidden sector photons (HSP). HSP's are hypothetical low-mass dark matter candidates with coupling to ordinary photons. SRF cavities are favoured in this experiment as they are able to store a high number of photons for a given input power due to the high Q available. When powered, such a cavity will act as a source of HSPs, while an empty cavity will be able to capture any HSP's decaying back into RF photons. Such an experiment (CASCADE) is being developed at the Cockcroft Institute using single cell 1.3 GHz cavities previously utilised for manufacturing and BCP studies. The aims of the CASCADE project are detailed, along with the system specification.

MOP036

New Technique and Result of Laser Welded SCRF Cavity Developed at RRCAT

cavity, laser, vacuum, niobium

186

P. Khare, R. Arya, J. Dwivedi, R. Ghosh, G. Gilankar, C. Gupta, P.D. Gupta, A. Jain, S.C. Joshi, G.V. Kane, R. Kaul, P.K. Kush, G. Mundra, S.M. Oak, C.K. Pithawa, P. Ram Sankar, S.B. Roy, V.C. Sahni, R.S. Sandha, P. Shrivastava, B.N. Upadhyay
RRCAT, Indore (M.P.), India
C.A. Cooper, C.M. Ginsburg, A. Grassellino, C.S. Mishra, A.M. Rowe
Fermilab, Batavia, USA

A new technique to fabricate SCRF cavities with the help of laser welding process has been developed at Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology RRCAT), Indore, Department of Atomic Energy, India. In this technique, a pulsed Nd:YAG laser has been used and welding was performed in inert gas environment, in a specially designed welding rig. The advantages of this technique are reduced cost, small heat affected zone, no necessity to weld in vacuum and enhanced rate of production. The paper describes the technique and fabrication method of a single-cell 1.3 GHz SCRF cavity which was fabricated at RRCAT with this new technique. It also discusses the test result of this cavity which was processed and tested at Fermilab. The cavity reached an Eacc of 17MV/m with a Q0 of 1.4 E +10 at 2K. The cavity is being barrel polished for further improvement.

MOP071

Record Quality Factor Performance of the Prototype Cornell ERL Main Linac Cavity in the Horizontal Test Cryomodule

cavity, linac, cryomodule, higher-order-mode

300

N.R.A. Valles, R.G. Eichhorn, F. Furuta, G.M. Ge, D. Gonnella, D.L. Hall, Y. He, K.M.V. Ho, G.H. Hoffstaetter, M. Liepe, T.I. O'Connel, S. Posen, P. Quigley, J. Sears, V. Veshcherevich
Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA

Funding: Supported by NSF grant DMR-0807731
Future SRF linac driven accelerators operated in CW mode will require very efficient SRF cavities with high intrinsic quality factors Q at medium accelerating fields. Cornell has recently ﬁnished testing the fully equipped 1.3 GHz, 7-cell main linac cavity for the Cornell Energy Recovery Linac in a horizontal test cryomodule (HTC). Measurements characterizing the fundamental mode’s quality factor have been completed, showing record Q performance. In this paper, we present detailed quality factor vs gradient results for three HTC assembly stages. We show that the performance of an SRF cavity can be maintained when installed into a cryomodule, and that thermal cycling reduces residual surface resistance. We present world record results for a fully equipped multicell cavity in a cryomodule, reaching intrinsic quality factors at operating accelerating field of Q(E =16.2 MV/m, 1.8K) > 6·10¹⁰ and Q(E =16.2 MV/m, 1.6K) > 1.0·10¹¹, corresponding to a very low residual surface resistance of 1.1 nOhm.

TUIOA01

Influence of the Couldown at the Transition Temperature on the SRF Cavity Quality Factor

cavity, shielding, niobium, SRF

370

O. Kugeler, J. Knobloch, J.M. Vogt
HZB, Berlin, Germany

The quality factor Q0 that can be obtained in a superconducting cavity is known to depend on various factors like niobium material properties, treatment history and magnetic shielding. We believe that cooling conditions have an additional impact, as they appear to influence the amount of trapped flux and hence the residual resistance. We constructed a test stand using a niobium rod shorted out by a titanium rod to mimic a cavity in its helium tank to study flux trapping. Here we can precisely control the temperature and measure the dynamics of flux trapping at the superconducting phase transition. We learned that magnetic flux can be generated when a temperature gradient exists along the rod and when the niobium transitions into the superconducting state it subsequently remains trapped. Furthermore, it was shown that the cooling rate during isothermal cooldown through the transition temperature can influence the amount of externally applied flux which remains trapped. The acquired knowledge may be used to modify the cooldown procedure of SRF cavities leading to a reduced level of trapped flux and hence operation closer to the BCS limit.

Slides TUIOA01 [1.276 MB]

TUIOA02

High Q0 Research: The Dynamics of Flux Trapping in Superconducting Niobium

cavity, niobium, simulation, shielding

374

J.M. Vogt
HZB, Berlin, Germany
J. Knobloch, O. Kugeler
BESSY GmbH, Berlin, Germany

The quality factor Q0 that can be obtained in a superconducting cavity is known to depend on various factors like niobium material properties, treatment history and magnetic shielding. We believe that cooling conditions have an additional impact, as they appear to influence the amount of trapped flux and hence the residual resistance. We have constructed a test stand using niobium rods to study flux trapping. Here we can precisely control the temperature and measure the dynamics of flux trapping at the superconducting phase transition. We learned that magnetic flux can be generated when a temperature gradient exists along the rod as the niobium transitions to the superconducting state, which subsequently remains trapped. It was also shown that the cooling rate can influence the amount of externally applied flux which is trapped. Furthermore, we also were able to demonstrate that flux lines become mobile if the superconductor is warmed close to below Tc. The acquired knowledge may be used to modify the cooldown procedure of SRF cavities leading to a reduced level of trapped flux and hence operation closer to the BCS limit.

Slides TUIOA02 [5.774 MB]

TUIOB01

R&D Progress in SRF Surface Preparation With Centrifugal Barrel Polishing (CBP) for both Nb and Cu

cavity, SRF, niobium, synchrotron

398

A.D. Palczewski
JLAB, Newport News, Virginia, USA
B. Bullock
Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
C.A. Cooper
Fermilab, Batavia, USA
S.C. Joshi
RRCAT, Indore (M.P.), India
A. Navitski
DESY, Hamburg, Germany
A.A. Rossi
INFN/LNL, Legnaro (PD), Italy

Funding: Authored by Jefferson Science Associates, LLC under U.S. DOE Contract No. DE-AC05-06OR23177.
Centrifugal Barrel polishing (CBP) is becoming a common R&D tool for SRF cavity preparation around the word. During the CBP process a cylindrically symmetric SRF cavity is filled with relatively cheap and environmentally friendly abrasive and sealed. The cavity is then spun around the cylindrical axis at high speeds uniformly conditioning the inner surface. This uniformity is especially relevant for SRF application because many times a single manufacturing defects limits cavity’s performance well below it’s theoretical limit. In addition CBP has created surfaces with roughness’s on the order of 10’s of nm which create a unique surface for wet chemistry or thin film deposition. CBP is now being utilized at Jefferson Laboratory, Fermi Laboratory and Cornell University in the US, Ko Enerugi Kasokuki Kenkyu Kiku in Japan, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron in Germany, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro in Italy, and Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology in India. In this talk we will present current CBP research from each lab including polishing recipes, equipment, post CBP chemistry/heat treatment, and subsequent cryogenic cavity tests on niobium as well as copper cavities.

Slides TUIOB01 [2.204 MB]

TUIOC02

Bipolar EP: Electropolishing without Fluorine in a Water Based Electrolyte

cavity, niobium, SRF, controls

404

A.M. Rowe, A. Grassellino
Fermilab, Batavia, USA
T.D. Hall, M.E. Inman, S.T. Snyder, E.J. Taylor
Faraday Technology, Inc., Clayton, USA

Funding: Operated by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC under contract No. De-AC02-07CH11359 with the United States Department of Energy
For more than thirty years, preparing superconducting RF cavities for high performance has required the use of dangerous and ecologically damaging chemicals. Reducing the personnel and environmental risks associated with using these chemicals is a priority at Fermilab. Therefore, Fermilab pursued a project to adapt a non-hazardous and relatively benign bipolar electropolishing technique to SRF cavities that Faraday Technology, Inc. developed. Faraday initially developed this electropolishing technique to polish metal alloys used in automotive and semiconductor components as well as medical devices and implants. By modifying the cathodic/anodic interaction via a pulse forward/pulse reverse technique, Fermilab and Faraday Technology demonstrate the capability to polish 1.3 GHz single-cell cavities utilizing an aqueous 10% sulfuric acid electrolyte. We present the development of bipolar EP for single-cell 1.3 GHz cavities and show the results from vertical tests achieving gradients greater than 40 MV/m.

Slides TUIOC02 [1.251 MB]

TUIOC03

Fluorine Free Ionic Liquid Electropolishing of Niobium Cavities

niobium, cavity, cathode, superconductivity

410

V.B. Pastushenko, O.V. Malkova, V. Palmieri, A.A. Rossi, F. Stivanello, G. Yu
INFN/LNL, Legnaro (PD), Italy
G. Yu
CIAE, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Ionic liquids are an emerging breakthrough in green chemistry since the years 2000. In 2006, INFN-LNL was the first to apply a mixture of Choline Chloride and Urea to Niobium electropolishing. It was found that mirror like surfaces could be obtained at temperature higher than 120°C, with high throwing power. Subsequently the process was successfully applied to the electropolishing of a 6 GHz monocell cavity with the addition of sulphamic acid. In this work, we will report an intense investigation of the possible variants of the original recipe. We studied the influence on Niobium surface roughness of several parameters such as: other sulphamic, ammonium and carboxylic containing additives different than sulfamic acid, the possible substitution of Urea with ethylene glycol and malic acid, the current regime; the electrolyte temperature and the cathode shape, rotating horizontal electropolishing versus vertical electropolishing. Due to the cavity hollow cylindrical shape, the electrolyte temperature appeared to be the most crucial parameters among those above mentioned for a uniform dissolution of niobium.

Slides TUIOC03 [14.464 MB]

TUIOC06

Study on Optimum Electron Beam Welding Condition for Superconducting Accelerating Cavities

cavity, niobium, electron, SRF

424

T. Kubo, Y. Ajima, H. Inoue, T. Saeki, K. Umemori, Y. Watanabe, S. Yamaguchi, M. Yamanaka
KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
T. Nagata
ULVAC, Inc., Tsukuba, Japan

Optimizations of electron beam welding conditions might solve the quench problems and improve the accelerating field of the superconducting radio-frequency cavity. As a first step toward optimum conditions, basic properties of weld beads are studied by using niobium test pieces. Effects of a combination of a beam generator position and a welding direction on geometries of weld bead are shown. Good parameter-regions for electron beam welding, which yield full penetration welds without holes or weld spatters, are surveyed. Microscopic structures, such as pits or bumps due to poor welds, have greater influence on cavity performances, which are also our research objects. We introduce a model of the magnetic field enhancement at pits, where a formula for a magnetic field enhancement factor is given as a function of parameters that express a geometry of pit. Comparisons between calculations and vertical test results are also shown.

Slides TUIOC06 [15.958 MB]

TUP008

Models of the Magnetic Field Enhancement at Pits

cavity, SRF, laser, radio-frequency

433

T. Kubo
KEK, Ibaraki, Japan

A simple model of the magnetic field enhancement at pits on the surface of superconducting accelerating cavity is proposed. The model consists of a two-dimensional pit with a slope angle, depth, width, and radius of round edge. An analytical formula that describes the magnetic field enhancement factor of the model is derived. The formula is given as a function of a slope angle and a ratio of half a width to a round-edge radius. Using the formula, the field at which vortices start to penetrate can be evaluated for a given geometry of pit.
Takayuki Kubo, arXiv:1307.5943 [physics.acc-ph](Submitted on 23 Jul 2013)

TUP009

Magnetic Dependence of the Energy Gap: a Good Model to Fit Q Slope of Low Beta Cavities

cavity, superconductivity, niobium, simulation

438

D. Longuevergne
IPN, Orsay, France

The reasons why the intrinsic quality factor (noted Qo) of a superconducting cavity drops with the accelerating field (noted Eacc) are still not well understood. In an effort to explain this phenomenon, mainly for high beta cavities, many models have been developed in the community but few of them could fit experimental data whatever the material treatment or surface conditioning. In the specific case of low beta cavities made of bulk Niobium (i.e Spiral 2 Quarter Wave Resonator), a model based on a magnetic field dependence of the energy gap has been developed to fit experimental data. The evolutions of the model input parameters depending on the cavity treatment or test conditions are consistent with the changes described in the literature. The model will be described and specific examples will be given.

TUP015

Bitter Decoration Studies of Magnetic Flux Penetration Into Cavity Cutouts

SRF, cavity, niobium, radio-frequency

451

F.L. Barkov, A. Grassellino, A. Romanenko
Fermilab, Batavia, USA
L.Y. Vinnikov
ISSP, Chernogolovka, Russia

Funding: Fermilab is operated by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359 with the United States Department of Energy.
Magnetic flux penetration may produce additional losses in superconducting radio frequency cavities. All the existing models for flux penetration are based on the formation of Abrikosov vortices. Using high resolution Bitter decoration technique we have investigated magnetic flux distribution patterns in cavity cutouts at the perpendicular magnetic fields of 10-80 mT. At low fields <20 mT the magnetic field penetrates in the form of flux bundles and not Abrikosov vortices, the situation characteristic of type-I superconductors. With the increase of the magnetic field up to 30 mT "bundles" first merge into a connected structure and then break up into individual Abrikosov vortices at ~60 mT and a well-known intermediate mixed state is observed. Such magnetic field driven transition from type I to type II superconductivity has never been observed before in any existing superconductor. For the case of flat samples we have observed a coexistence of both "bundles" and Abrikosov vortices in one experiment. Our results show that high-purity cavity grade niobium is a "border-line" material and behaves as a type-I superconductor at lower fields and type-II at higher fields.

TUP033

Magnetic Property Improvement of Niobium Doped with Rare Earth Elements

niobium, cavity, SRF, electron

490

F.S. He, F. He, F. Jiao, X.Y. Lu, K. Zhao
PKU, Beijing, People's Republic of China
L. Chen
NNIEC, Shizuishan City, Ningxia, People's Republic of China
T.C. Jiang
IMP, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China
Y. You, H.Y. Zhao
Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd., Dawukou District, Shizuishan city, People's Republic of China

A new idea of modifying the raw niobium was proposed by PKU in 2010, by introducing rare earth elements of Sc and Y into Nb ingot during smelting process. Test results on small samples were very promising*: the Tc was same as Nb, while the Hc1 and Hc2 were increased by 500-700 Oe and up to 4000 Oe, respectively. Recently one Nb ingot doped with Sc was successfully smelted under the collaboration of PKU and OSTEC at Ningxia, and two TESLA-type half cells were fabricated out of the new material by deep drawing. The Hc1 measured from the drop-off of the blanks were consistently high. The RRR was 127, while the mechanical properties met the ILC requirement. One single cell cavity is being fabricated, and vertical test is planned to study the SRF properties of the new material. There is a good chance that the quenching could be pushed to a higher gradient. Another innovative idea of doping only the surface layer of bulk Nb by ion implantation in the pelletron at PKU is also being investigated, in order to improve the SRF performance of the surface layer while maintaining the high thermal conductivity of bulk Nb. Some initial testing results of the new method will be reported as well.
* TTC2012 at JLab:
https://www.jlab.org/indico/getFile.py/access?contribId=78&sessionId=8&resId=0&materialId=slides&confId=24

TUP037

Dynamic Hardening Rule; a Generalization of the Classical Hardening Rule for Crystal Plasticity

simulation, SRF, controls, niobium

499

A. Mapar, F. Pourboghrat
MSU, East Lansing, USA
T.R. Bieler
Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
C. Compton
FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Funding: This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of High Energy Physics, through Grant No. DE-S0004222.
The mechanical properties of a niobium (Nb) specimen can change with the orientation of the sheet. This anisotropy causes inhomogeneity in manufactured SRF cavities. Large grain Nb sheets are more anisotropic and less expensive than fine grain sheets. Designing a manufacturing process for large grain Nb sheets, however, is extremely complex, and requires using advance modeling techniques. A model capable of accurately predicting the deformation behavior of Nb can help improve the performance and reduce costs of a SRF cavity. Optimal design of the manufacturing of cavities with tube hydroforming process is possible with such a model. Crystal plasticity modeling of FCC materials has been very successful; however, there is still no model that can accurately predict the deformation behavior of BCC materials like the large grain Nb sheet. In this study, authors have proposed a dynamic hardening rule for crystal plasticity that significantly improves predictions of the model for large grain Nb. This model is the generalization of the classical hardening rule, and gives better control over the hardening rate. It also increases the stability of the model.

TUP046

Vertical Electropolishing of SRF Cavities and its Parameters Investigation

cavity, cathode, superconductivity, SRF

514

F. Eozénou, F. Ballester, Y. Boudigou, P. Carbonnier, J.-P. Charrier, Y. Gasser, D. Roudier, C. Servouin
CEA/DSM/IRFU, France
K. Muller
Grenoble-INP Phelma, Grenoble, France

Funding: We acknowledge the support of the European Community-Research Infrastructure Activity under the FP7 program (EuCARD, Contract No. 227579),and the support of the ‘‘Conseil General de l’Essonne’’(ASTRE)
An advanced set-up for vertical electropolishing (VEP) of SRF niobium elliptical cavities is operating at CEA Saclay*. Cavities are VEP’ed with circulating standard HF-H2SO4 electrolyte. Parameters such as voltage, cathode shape, acid flow and temperature were investigated. Low-voltage (<7V), high acid flow (25L/min) and low acid temperature (20°C) are considered as promising parameters. Such recipe was tested on single-cell and 9-cell ILC cavities with nice surface finishing. After 60 μm VEP on a HEP'ed single-cell, the cavity show similar performance at 1.6K compared to previous Horizontal EP: (Eacc > 41MV/m) limited by quench. Another cavity reaches 36MV/m after 300μm removal by VEP in spite of a pitted surface due to initial VEP treatment at higher temperature (> 30°C). The baking effect after HEP/VEP is similar. An asymmetric niobium removal is observed with faster polishing in the upper cell. Nice surface finishing as well as standard Q0 value are obtained at low/medium field on 9Cell but achieved performance is limited by Field Emission.
*F. Eozenou et al., PRST-AB, 15, 083501 (2012)

TUP052

Study on Vertical Electro-Polishing by Cathode With Variable-Geometry Wings

cavity, cathode, scattering, niobium

530

Y.I. Ida, K.N. Nii
MGH, Hyogo-ken, Japan
H. Hayano, S. Kato, H. Monjushiro, T. Saeki, M. Sawabe
KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
K. Ishimi, Y.B. Iwabuchi
MGI, Chiba, Japan

We have been studying on Vertical Electro-Polishing (VEP) of Nb superconducting accelerator cavity for about one year with a view to the mass-production and cost-reduction of Electro-Polishing (EP) process. Marui Galvanizing Co. Ltd. has been in the EP business of various metals for long time and we have matured experience on EP processes. With being based on the experience, we thought that uniform electric-current on the surface of cavity and effective flow of electrolyte in the cavity are important factors. Moreover, we thought the most important effect is given if the cathode and the cavity surface (anode) are kept in a constant distance. Following these considerations, we invented VEP process by a cathode with variable-geometry wings. Using this cathode, we performed several experiments of VEP Nb single-cell cavities as well as fluid circulation test by plastic 9-cell mock-up. In this article, we will report this unique VEP process, which might be applicable to the mass-production process of International Linear Collider (ILC).

TUP054

Electropolishing of Niobium SRF Cavities in Low Viscosity Aqueous Electrolytes Without Hydrofluoric Acid

cavity, niobium, SRF, controls

540

E.J. Taylor, T.D. Hall, M.E. Inman, S.T. Snyder
Faraday Technology, Inc., Clayton, USA
A.M. Rowe
Fermilab, Batavia, USA

Funding: U.S. DOE Purchase order No. 594128
Electropolishing of niobium materials and cavities is conventionally conducted in high viscosity electrolytes consisting of concentrated sulfuric and hydrofluoric acid. The use of these dangerous and ecologically damaging chemicals requires careful attention to safety protocol to avoid harmful worker exposure and environmental damage. In this poster we present an approach based on bipolar voltage fields enabling the use of low viscosity water based electrolytes without hydrofluoric acid for electropolishing of niobium materials. The subtleties of the bipolar electropolishing process vis-a-vis conventional electropolishing will be presented.

TUP066

Plasma Processing of Large Surfaces with Application to SRF Cavity Modification

plasma, cavity, SRF, niobium

586

J. Upadhyay, S. Popović, L. Vušković
ODU, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
D.S. Im
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
H.L. Phillips, A-M. Valente-Feliciano
JLAB, Newport News, Virginia, USA

Funding: Supported by DOE under grant no. DE-SC0007879. JU acknowledges support by JSA/DOE via DE-AC05-06OR23177
Plasma based surface modifications of SRF cavities present promising alternatives to the wet etching technology currently applied. To understand and characterize the plasma properties and chemical kinetics of plasma etching processes inside a single cell cavity, we have built a specially-designed cylindrical cavity with 8 observation ports. These ports can be used for holding niobium samples and diagnostic purposes simultaneously. Two frequencies (13.56 MHz and 2.45 GHz) of power source are used for different pressure, power and gas compositions. The plasma parameters were evaluated by a Langmuir probe and by an optical emission spectroscopy technique based on the relative intensity of two Ar 5p-4s lines at 419.8 and 420.07 nm. Argon 5p-4s transition is chosen to determine electron temperature in order to optimize parameters for plasma processing. Chemical kinetics of the process was observed using real-time mass spectroscopy. The effect of these parameters on niobium surface would be measured, presented at this conference, and used as guidelines for optimal design of SRF etching process.

TUP068

Laser Polishing of Niobium for SRF Applications

laser, niobium, SRF, simulation

593

L. Zhao, M.J. Kelley
The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, USA
M.J. Kelley, J.M. Klopf, C.E. Reece
JLAB, Newport News, Virginia, USA
L. Zhao
JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA

Smooth interior surfaces are desired for niobium SRF cavities, now obtained by buffered chemical polish (BCP) and/or electropolish (EP). Laser polishing is a potential alternative, having advantages of speed, freedom from chemistry and in-process inspection. Here we show that laser polishing can produce smooth topography with Power Spectral Density (PSD) measurements similar to that obtained by EP. We studied the influence of the laser power density and laser beam raster rate on the surface topography. These two factors need to be combined carefully to smooth the surface without damaging it. Computational modeling was used to simulate the surface temperature and explain the mechanism of laser polishing.

Poster TUP068 [1.011 MB]

TUP081

Chemical Vapor Deposition Techniques for the Multilayer Coating of Superconducting RF Cavities

niobium, cavity, SRF, controls

635

F. Weiss, C. Jimenez, S. Pignard
Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, Grenoble INP, Grenoble, France
C.Z. Antoine
CEA/IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
M. Benz, E. Blanquet, R. Boichot, A. Mantoux, F. Mercier
Laboratoire SIMAP, Grenoble-INP, CNRS, UJF, Saint Martin d'Hères, France

Issued from the recent development of thin films technologies, multilayer nanostructures face today very challenging questions in materials science: ultimate size reduction, process control at an atomic scale, new size driven properties and system characterisation. For superconducting RF technologies a significant breakthrough could arise from the use of multilayered structures deposited inside Nb cavities. These multilayer nanostructures are based on the use of some 10 nanometers thick superconducting layers (d<λL) with a higher Tc than in Nb, alternating with insulating layers, required to decouple the superconducting films. We present here our first studies devoted to nano-layered superconductors produced by Chemical Deposition techniques: CVD and ALD. The basic principles of CVD and ALD will be presented together with new developments of the coordination chemistry for the ALD precursors, which is key point for the optimization of the individual layers. First results concerning NbN films obtained by CVD as well as CVD and ALD results concerning insulating materials used for Superconducting/insulating (S/I/S/I) multilayers structures will be reported.

TUP104

Temperature Waves in SRF Research

cavity, detector, SRF, software

719

A. Ganshin, R.G. Eichhorn, D.L. Hartill, G.H. Hoffstaetter, E.N. Smith, N.R.A. Valles
Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
X. Mi
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Funding: This work has been supported by NSF award PHY-0969959 and DOE award DOE/SC00008431
Previously Cornell University developed Oscillating Superleak Transducers (OST) to locate quench spots on superconducting cavities in superfluid helium. This work builds upon this research and presents a technique to automatically visualize quench locations from OST data (1). This system is now fully automated. The current system consists of between 8 and 16 OSTs, a high gain low noise preamplifier, and a data acquisition card that can log up to 16 simultaneously recorded inputs. The developed software allows computing quench locations on various cavity geometries, adjustment of the location of each OST and a choice between several quench finding algorithms. Observed results are in excellent agreement with optical inspection and temperature map data.
1. http://newsline.linearcollider.org/2011/04/21/the-sound-of-accelerator-cavitie

TUP111

Experimental Investigations of the Quench Phenomena for the Quench Localization by the Second Sound Wave Method

cavity, SRF, niobium, controls

739

J. Plouin, J.-P. Charrier, C. Magne, J. Novo
CEA/DSM/IRFU, France
L. Maurice
CEA/IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

The quench localization by the second sound method is now widely used in many laboratories. This method avoids the complicated implementation of temperature arrays around the surface cavities. Instead, specific sensors are placed around the cavity and the time of arrival of the second sound wave generated by the quench is measured on each sensor; then the distance from sensors to quench is deducted from the theoretical second sound wave velocity. In principle, the quench position can be localized with a triangulation by a limited number of sensors. However, many measurements have shown that the time of arrival of the wave was not corresponding to the theoretical second sound wave velocity: the “measured” velocity is often 50% higher than the theory. At CEA-Saclay we performed several measurements on single cell cavities to investigate these phenomena. Several hypotheses are studied: large quench spot, heat propagation by another phenomenon than the second sound near to the cavity where the heat power density is very high. These results and the discussions on these hypotheses will be presented.

WEIOC04

Theoretical Field Limits for Multi-Layer Superconductors

SRF, niobium, cavity, superconductivity

794

S. Posen, M. Liepe
Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
G. Catelani
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Peter Gruenberg Institut (PGI-2), Jülich, Germany
J.P. Sethna
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
M.K. Transtrum
M.D.A.C.C., Houston, Texas, USA

With modern cavity preparation techniques, niobium SRF cavities reach surface magnetic fields very close to the fundamental limit of the superheating field of the material, and researchers are looking to alternative superconductors to sustain even higher fields. However, these materials may have an increased vulnerability to flux penetration at defects, even small ones, as a result of their short coherence lengths. A. Gurevich has proposed [1] a method of mitigating this vulnerability: coating a bulk superconducting cavity with a series of very thin insulating and superconducting films. In this work, we present a thorough mathematical description of the SIS thin films proposed by Gurevich in the language of the SRF community, to help researchers to optimize cavities made from alternative superconductors.
[1] A. Gurevich, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 012511 (2006)

Slides WEIOC04 [4.116 MB]

THP067

Testing of Copper Plating Quality on ReA3 Coupler Bellows and Approach to Improved Plating for FRIB Production

vacuum, SRF, cavity, controls

1077

L. Popielarski, M. Goodrich, M. Hodek, I.M. Malloch, N.M. Nicholas, R. Oweiss, J. Popielarski, N. Putnam, K. Saito, D.R. Victory
FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Funding: This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science under Cooperative Agreement DE-SC0000661.
The SRF community faces difficulties finding repeatable, quality copper plating for fundamental power coupler (FPC) components. The copper plating of ten small custom bellows of β=0.085 Quarter-Wave Resonator (QWR) variable couplers for the ReAccelerator project has presented technical challenges. An improvement plan has been established and includes: better defining plating requirements and specification, creating testing processes to assure plating quality (Acceptance Criteria Listing (ACL)), identify viable plating vendors, develop clean, robust plating fixtures, procedures and quality assurance steps with multiple vendors, and perform ACL testing on plated bellows. A total of 24 prototype and production plated bellows are analyzed through acceptance testing, which include a vacuum leak check, tape test, 1000 psi water rinse, thermal cycle at 77K, borescope inspection and final leak check. Select bellows have been processed and tested with a quarter-wave resonator. A summary of the plating improvement program, plated bellows acceptance statistics, and RF test results will be reported.

THP071

HOM Studies of the Cornell ERL Main Linac Cavity in the Horizontal Test Cryomodule

HOM, cavity, linac, cryomodule

1090

N.R.A. Valles, R.G. Eichhorn, D.A. Goldman, G.H. Hoffstaetter, M. Liepe
Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA

Funding: Supported by NSF grant DMR-0807731
The Cornell energy recovery linac will accelerate a 100 mA beam to 5 GeV, while maintaining very low emittance (30 pm at 77 pC bunch charge). A major challenge to running such a large current continuously through the machine is the effect of strong higher-order modes (HOMs) in the SRF cavities that can lead to beam breakup. This paper presents the results of HOM studies for the prototype 7-cell cavity installed in a horizontal test cryomodule (HTC). HOM measurements were done for three HTC assembly stages, from initial measurements on the bare cavity to being fully outﬁtted with side-mounted RF input coupler and beam line HOM absorbers. We compare the simulated results of the optimized cavity geometry with measurements from all three HTC experiments, demonstrating excellent damping of all dipole higher order modes.

THP082

Fast Detuning Experiment on an SRF Cavity

cavity, cryomodule, resonance, storage-ring

1118

G. Wu, N.D. Arnold, T.G. Berenc, J. Carwardine, A.R. Cours, J.D. Fuerst, J.P. Holzbauer, D. Horan, A. Nassiri
ANL, Argonne, USA
J. Matalevich
JLAB, Newport News, Virginia, USA
Y. Yang
TUB, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Funding: Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357.
Short Pulse X-ray beamlines occupy a limited number of sectors after the APS Upgrade. The majority of APS users will not participate in the SPX experiment. As user operation requires the best beam availability, it is important that any SPX-related circuit trip that requires the extinguishment of rf power should not affect overall beam availability. As such, it is necessary to de-couple the SRF cavities from beam when such an rf trip happens. An example of such trip is that the rf window arcing has to be stopped within 1 ms, before serious damage occurs to the ceramic. As the rf amplifier shuts down the rf output, beam-driven cavity power has to be reduced, too. If cavity can be detuned fast enough and far enough away from its resonance, the beam does not have to be aborted. The SPX0 tuner is equipped with a fast response Piezo actuator in the cavity tuner stack. Such a Piezo may be able to provide a quick jolt of the cavity to provide detuning capability for the purpose of maintaining the beam in the event of an rf trip. In this paper, we describe the experimental setup and results obtained, and discuss its effectiveness for beam operation.