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MOPMB019 Numerical Calculations of Superheating Field in Superconductors with Nanostructured Surfaces cavity, simulation, radio-frequency, SRF 114
 
  • M.R.P. Walive Pathiranage
    VMI, Lexington, USA
  • A.V. Gurevich
    ODU, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
 
  Funding: This work was supported by DOE under Grant DE-SC 100387-020 and by Virginia Military Institute (VMI) under Jackson-Hope Grant for faculty travel and for New Directions in Teaching and Research Grants.
We report calculations of a dc superheating field Hs in superconductors with nanostructured surfaces. Particularly, we performed numerical simulations of the Ginzburg-Landau (GL) equations for a superconductor with an inhomogeneous profile of impurity concentration, a thin superconducting layer on top of another superconductor, and S-I-S multilayers. The superheating field was calculated taking into account the instability of the Meissner state at a finite wavelength along the surface depending on the value of the GL parameter. Simulations were done for the materials parameters of Nb and Nb₃Sn at different values of the GL parameter and the mean free paths. We show that the impurity concentration profile at the surface and thicknesses of superconducting layers in S-I-S structures can be optimized to reach the maximum Hs, which exceeds the bulk superheating fields of both Nb and Nb₃Sn. For example, a S-I-S structure with 90 nm thick Nb₃Sn layer on Nb can boost the superheating field up to ~ 500 mT, while protecting the SRF cavity from dendritic thermomagnetic avalanches caused by local penetration of vortices.
 
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-MOPMB019  
About • Received ※ 17 June 2023 — Revised ※ 23 June 2023 — Accepted ※ 27 June 2023 — Issue date ※ 16 July 2023
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MOPMB020 A Comprehensive Picture of Hydride Formation and Dissipation cavity, site, SRF, niobium 119
 
  • N. Sitaraman, T. Arias
    Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
  • A.V. Harbick, M.K. Transtrum
    Brigham Young University, Provo, USA
  • M. Liepe
    Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
 
  Funding: This work was supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under Award PHY-1549132, the Center for Bright Beams.
Research linking surface hydrides to Q-disease, and the subsequent development of methods to eliminate surface hydrides, is one of the great successes of SRF cavity R\&D. We use time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau to extend the theory of hydride dissipation to sub-surface hydrides. Just as surface hydrides cause Q-disease behavior, we show that sub-surface hydrides cause high-field Q-slope (HFQS) behavior. We find that the abrupt onset of HFQS is due to a transition from a vortex-free state to a vortex-penetration state. We show that controlling hydride size and depth through impurity doping can eliminate HFQS.
 
DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-MOPMB020  
About • Received ※ 30 June 2023 — Revised ※ 18 July 2023 — Accepted ※ 19 August 2023 — Issue date ※ 19 August 2023
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MOPMB027 Successful Superheating Field Formulas from an Intuitive Model niobium, cavity, experiment, SRF 151
 
  • K. Saito, T. Konomi
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science DE-S0000661 and the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement PHY-1102511
To date, many theoretical formulas for superheating field on SRF cavity are already proposed based rather complicated calculations. This paper proposes the formulas by a very intuitive simple model: energy balance between RF magnetic energy and superconducting condensed one, and a condition of vanishing the mirror vortex line image. The penetration of a single vortex determines the superheating field for a type II superconductor. On the other hand, for type I superconductors, the surface flux penetration determines it. The formula fits very well quantitatively the results of niobium cavity and Nb₃Sn one. In addition, it gives a nice guideline for new material beyond niobium.
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-MOPMB027  
About • Received ※ 23 June 2023 — Revised ※ 24 June 2023 — Accepted ※ 28 June 2023 — Issue date ※ 15 July 2023
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MOPMB058 Summary of the Superconducting Rf Measurements in AMTF Hall at DESY cavity, SRF, cryomodule, FEL 248
 
  • M. Wiencek, K. Kasprzak, D. Kostin, D. Reschke, L. Steder
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
 
  The AMTF (Accelerator Module Test Facility) in DESY was built for the tests of all superconducting cavities and cryomodules for the EuXFEL linac. After successful commissioning of the EuXFEL, the AMTF has been adapted in order to perform SRF (super conducting radio frequency) measurements of cavities and accelerating modules for different projects. Several SRF cavities related projects are still ongoing, while other were just finished. Some of those projects are dedicated to test components for the infrastructure of accelerators which are under construction, while the other ones are devoted to new R&D paths aiming for cavities and modules with high performance which are under investigation at DESY. This paper describes present activities performed at AMTF with special emphasis on performing SRF measurements for the ongoing cavities production. Most of the presented data is related to vertical cryostat cavity testing. However, some data about cryomodules and a new coupler test stand will be shown as well. Detailed statistics about the number of vertical tests performed within the last two years are also presented.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-MOPMB058  
About • Received ※ 16 June 2023 — Revised ※ 23 June 2023 — Accepted ※ 26 June 2023 — Issue date ※ 02 July 2023
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TUPTB004 Progress on Zirconium-Doped Niobium Surfaces niobium, ECR, vacuum, electron 398
 
  • N. Sitaraman, T. Arias, Z. Baraissov, D.A. Muller
    Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
  • G. Gaitan, M. Liepe, T.E. Oseroff, Z. Sun
    Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
 
  Funding: This work was supported by the NSF under Award PHY-1549132, the Center for Bright Beams, and in part by CNF (NSF Grant NNCI-2025233), and in part by CCMR (DMR-1719875).
The first experimental studies of zirconium-doped surfaces verified that zirconium can enhance the critical temperature of the surface, resulting in a lower BCS resistance than standard-recipe niobium. However, they also produced a disordered oxide layer, resulting in a higher residual resistance than standard-recipe niobium. Here, we show that zirconium-doped surfaces can grow well-behaved thin oxide layers, with a very thin ternary suboxide capped by a passivating ZrO2 surface. The elimination of niobium pentoxide may allow zirconium-doped surfaces to achieve low residual resistance.
 
DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-TUPTB004  
About • Received ※ 30 June 2023 — Revised ※ 26 July 2023 — Accepted ※ 19 August 2023 — Issue date ※ 22 August 2023
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