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Measurements Of Magnetic Field Penetration In Superconducting Materials For Srf Cavities, Iresha Harshani Senevirathne, Alex Gurevich, Jean R. Delayen, A.-M. Valente-Feliciano

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Superconducting radiofrequency (SRF) cavities used in particle accelerators operate in the Meissner state. To achieve high accelerating gradients, the cavity material should stay in the Meissner state under high RF magnetic field without penetration of vortices through the cavity wall. The field onset of flux penetration into a superconductor is an important parameter of merit of alternative superconducting materials other than Nb which can enhance the performance of SRF cavities. There is a need for a simple and efficient technique to measure the onset of field penetration into a superconductor directly. We have developed a Hall probe experimental setup for …