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Cryogenic Probe Station At Old Dominion University Center For Accelerator Science, Junki Makita, Jean R. Delayen, Alex Gurevich, Gianluigi Ciovati
Cryogenic Probe Station At Old Dominion University Center For Accelerator Science, Junki Makita, Jean R. Delayen, Alex Gurevich, Gianluigi Ciovati
Physics Faculty Publications
With a growing effort in research and development of an alternative material to bulk Nb for a superconducting radiofrequency (SRF) cavity, it is important to have a cost effective method to benchmark new materials of choice. At Old Dominion University's Center for Accelerator Science, a cryogenic probe station (CPS) will be used to measure the response of superconductor samples under RF fields. The setup consists of a closed-cycle refrigerator for cooling a sample wafer to a cryogenic temperature, a superconducting magnet providing a field parallel to the sample, and DC probes in addition to RF probes. The RF probes will …
Determination Of The Field-Dependence Of The Surface Resistance Of Superconductors From Cavity Tests, Jean R. Delayen, Subashini De Silva, Hyekyoung Park
Determination Of The Field-Dependence Of The Surface Resistance Of Superconductors From Cavity Tests, Jean R. Delayen, Subashini De Silva, Hyekyoung Park
Physics Faculty Publications
Cryogenic tests of superconducting cavities yield an average surface resistance as a function of the peak surface magnetic field. An analytical formalism has been developed to extract the actual field dependence of the surface resistance from cavity tests and is applied to coaxial cavities and cavities of more complex geometries.
Investigation Of The Surface Resistance Of Niobium Between 325 Mhz And 1300 Mhz Using A Coaxial Half-Wave Cavity, Hyekyoung Park, Jean R. Delayen, Subashini De Silva
Investigation Of The Surface Resistance Of Niobium Between 325 Mhz And 1300 Mhz Using A Coaxial Half-Wave Cavity, Hyekyoung Park, Jean R. Delayen, Subashini De Silva
Physics Faculty Publications
The Center for Accelerator Science at Old Dominion University has built a half-wave coaxial cavity (*) to measure the surface resistance of niobium as a function of frequency, temperature, rf field, preparation techniques, over a wide range of frequencies of interest for particle accelerators. The characteristics of the half-wave coaxial cavity provide these information on a same surface. The preliminary results showed clearly the frequency dependence of residual surface resistance (**). After establishing baseline, we have conducted a study of low temperature baking effect on the surface resistance under controlled environment. This paper will describe the details of the test …
Magnetron Sputtering Of Nb3Sn For Srf Cavities, Md. N. Sayeed, H. Elsayed-Ali, G. V. Eremeev, M. J. Kelley, U. Pudasaini, C. E. Reece
Magnetron Sputtering Of Nb3Sn For Srf Cavities, Md. N. Sayeed, H. Elsayed-Ali, G. V. Eremeev, M. J. Kelley, U. Pudasaini, C. E. Reece
Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications
Nb3Sn is a potential candidate for surface material of SRF cavities since it can enable the cavity to operate at higher temperatures with high quality factor and at an increased accelerating gradient. Nb-Sn films were deposited using magnetron sputtering of individual Nb and Sn targets onto Nb and sapphire substrates. The as-deposited films were annealed at 1200 °C for 3 hours. The films were characterized for their structure by X-ray Diffraction (XRD), morphology by Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM), and composition by Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS) and Time of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS). The …
Optimization Of The Rf Cavity Heat Load And Trip Rates For Cebaf At 12 Gev, H. Zhang, Y. Roblin, A. Freyberger, G. Krafft, B. Terzić
Optimization Of The Rf Cavity Heat Load And Trip Rates For Cebaf At 12 Gev, H. Zhang, Y. Roblin, A. Freyberger, G. Krafft, B. Terzić
Physics Faculty Publications
The Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility at JLab has 200 RF cavities in the north linac and the south linac respectively after the 12 GeV upgrade. The purpose of this work is to simultaneously optimize the heat load and the trip rate for the cavities and to reconstruct the pareto-optimal front in a timely manner when some of the cavities are turned down. By choosing an efficient optimizer and strategically creating the initial gradients, the pareto-optimal front for no more than 15 cavities down can be re-established within 20 seconds.
Development Of Srf Cavity Tuners For Cern, K. Artoos, R. Calaga, O. Capatina, T. Capelli, F. Carra, L. Dassa, N. Kuder, R. Leuxe, P. Minginette, W. Venturini Delsolaro, G. Villiger, C. Zanoni, P. Zhang, S. Verdu-Andrés, B. Xiao, G. Burt, J. Delayen, Hyekyoung Park, T. Jones, N. Templeton
Development Of Srf Cavity Tuners For Cern, K. Artoos, R. Calaga, O. Capatina, T. Capelli, F. Carra, L. Dassa, N. Kuder, R. Leuxe, P. Minginette, W. Venturini Delsolaro, G. Villiger, C. Zanoni, P. Zhang, S. Verdu-Andrés, B. Xiao, G. Burt, J. Delayen, Hyekyoung Park, T. Jones, N. Templeton
Physics Faculty Publications
Superconducting RF cavity developments are currently on-going for new accelerator projects at CERN such as HIE ISOLDE and HL-LHC. Mechanical RF tuning systems are required to compensate cavity frequency shifts of the cavities due to temperature, mechanical, pressure and RF effects on the cavity geometry. A rich history and experience is available for such mechanical tuners developed for existing RF cavities. Design constraints in the context of HIE ISOLDE and HL-LHC such as required resolution, space limitation, reliability and maintainability have led to new concepts in the tuning mechanisms. This paper will discuss such new approaches, their performances and planned …
Experiment And Results On Plasma Etching Of Srf Cavities, J. Upadhyay, Do Im, J. Peshl, S. Popovic, L. Vuskovic, A. -M. Valente-Feliciano, L. Phillips
Experiment And Results On Plasma Etching Of Srf Cavities, J. Upadhyay, Do Im, J. Peshl, S. Popovic, L. Vuskovic, A. -M. Valente-Feliciano, L. Phillips
Physics Faculty Publications
The inner surfaces of SRF cavities are currently chemically treated (etched or electro polished) to achieve the state of the art RF performance. We designed an apparatus and developed a method for plasma etching of the inner surface for SRF cavities. The process parameters (pressure, power, gas concentration, diameter and shape of the inner electrode, temperature and positive dc bias at inner electrode) are optimized for cylindrical geometry. The etch rate non-uniformity has been overcome by simultaneous translation of the gas point-of-entry and the inner electrode during the processing. A single cell SRF cavity has been centrifugally barrel polished, chemically …
Temperature Mapping Of Nitrogen-Doped Niobium Superconducting Radiofrequency Cavities, Junki Makita, Gianluigi Ciovati, Pashupati Dhakal
Temperature Mapping Of Nitrogen-Doped Niobium Superconducting Radiofrequency Cavities, Junki Makita, Gianluigi Ciovati, Pashupati Dhakal
Physics Faculty Publications
It was recently shown that diffusing nitrogen on the inner surface of superconducting radiofrequency (SRF) cavities at high temperature can improve the quality factor of the niobium cavity. However, a reduction of the quench field is also typically found. To better understand the location of rf losses and quench, we used a thermometry system to map the temperature of the outer surface of ingot Nb cavities after nitrogen doping and electropolishing. Surface temperature of the cavities was recorded while increasing the rf power and also during the quenching. The results of thermal mapping showed no precursor heating on the cavities …
Nitrogen Doping Study In Ingot Niobium Cavities, Pashupati Dhakal, Gianluigi Ciovati, Peter Kneisel, Ganapati Rao Myneni, Junki Makita
Nitrogen Doping Study In Ingot Niobium Cavities, Pashupati Dhakal, Gianluigi Ciovati, Peter Kneisel, Ganapati Rao Myneni, Junki Makita
Physics Faculty Publications
Thermal diffusion of nitrogen in superconducting radio frequency cavities at temperatures around 800C has resulted in the increase in quality factor with a low-field Q-rise. However, the maximum accelerating gradients of these doped cavities often reduces below the values achieved by standard treatments. In this contribution, we present the results of the nitrogen diffusion into ingot niobium cavities subjected to successive material removal from the inner cavity surface by electropolishing in an effort to explore the underlying cause for the gradient degradation.
Meic Design Progress, S. Ahmed, Y. Zhang, Y.S. Derbenev, D. Douglas, R. Ent, A. Hutton, A. Kimber, G.A. Krafft, R. Li, F. Lin, V. S. Morozov, P. Nadel-Turonski, E. W. Nissen, R. Rimmer, F.C. Pilat, T. Satogata, C. Tennant, Balsa Terzić, H. Wang, S. Wang, B. C. Yunn, D. P. Barber, Y. Filatov, C. Hyde, A. M. Kondratenko, S. L. Manikonda, P. N. Ostroumov, M. K. Sullivan
Meic Design Progress, S. Ahmed, Y. Zhang, Y.S. Derbenev, D. Douglas, R. Ent, A. Hutton, A. Kimber, G.A. Krafft, R. Li, F. Lin, V. S. Morozov, P. Nadel-Turonski, E. W. Nissen, R. Rimmer, F.C. Pilat, T. Satogata, C. Tennant, Balsa Terzić, H. Wang, S. Wang, B. C. Yunn, D. P. Barber, Y. Filatov, C. Hyde, A. M. Kondratenko, S. L. Manikonda, P. N. Ostroumov, M. K. Sullivan
Physics Faculty Publications
This paper will report the recent progress in the conceptual design of MEIC, a high luminosity medium energy polarized ring-ring electron-ion collider at Jefferson lab. The topics and achievements that will be covered are design of the ion large booster and the ERL-circulator-ring-based electron cooling facility, optimization of chromatic corrections and dynamic aperture studies, schemes and tracking simulations of lepton and ion polarization in the figure-8 collider ring, and the beam-beam and electron cooling simulations. A proposal of a test facility for the MEIC electron cooler will also be discussed.