• A.D. Bross, M. Chung, A. Jansson, A. Moretti, K. Yonehara
  Fermilab, Batavia
• D. Huang, Y. Torun
  IIT, Chicago, Illinois
• D. Li
  LBNL, Berkeley, California
• J. Norem
  ANL, Argonne
• R. B. Palmer, D. Stratakis
  BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
• R.A. Rimmer
  JLAB, Newport News, Virginia

TThe MuCool RF Program focuses on the study of normal conducting RF structures operating in high magnetic field for applications in muon ionization cooling for Neutrino Factories and Muon Colliders. This paper will give an overview of the program, which will include a description of the test facility and its capabilities, the current test program, and the status of a cavity that can be rotated in the magnetic field which allows for a more detailed study of the maximum stable operating gradient vs. magnetic field strength and angle.

• Y. Torun, D. Huang
  IIT, Chicago, Illinois
• A.D. Bross, M. Chung, A. Jansson, A. Kurup, J.R. Misek, A. Moretti
  Fermilab, Batavia
• J. Norem
  ANL, Argonne

Muon cooling requires high-gradient normal conducting cavities operating in multi-Tesla magnetic fields for muon beam focusing in an ionization cooling channel. Recent experience with an 805-MHz pillbox cavity at the Fermilab MuCool Test Area has shown significant drop in accelerating field performance for the case of parallel electric and magnetic fields. It has been suggested that having the magnetic field perpendicular to the electric field should provide magnetic insulation and suppress breakdown. An 805-MHz Cu rectangular box cavity was built for testing with the fields perpendicular. It was mounted on an adjustable support to vary the angle between the rf electric and external magnetic field. We report on design and operation of the rectangular box cavity.