Effect of cooldown and residual magnetic field on the performance of niobium–copper clad superconducting radio-frequency cavity

Dhakal, Pashupati; Ciovati, Gianluigi

doi:10.1088/1361-6668/aa96f5

Title: Effect of cooldown and residual magnetic field on the performance of niobium–copper clad superconducting radio-frequency cavity

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Here, we present the results of rf measurements on a niobium–copper clad superconducting radio-frequency cavity with different cooldown conditions and residual magnetic field in a vertical test Dewar in order to explore the effect of thermal current induced magnetic field and its trapping on the performance of the cavity. The residual resistance, extracted from the Q ₀(T) curves in the temperature range 4.3–1.5 K, showed no dependence on a temperature gradient along the cavity during the cooldown across the critical temperature up to ~50 K m^–1. The rf losses due to the trapping of residual magnetic field during the cavity cooldown were found to be ~4.3 nΩ μT^–1, comparable to the values measured in bulk niobium cavities. An increase of residual resistance following multiple cavity quenches was observed along with evidence of trapping of magnetic flux generated by thermoelectric currents.

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^[1]; Ciovati, Gianluigi ^[1]

Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)

Publication Date:: Wed Nov 22 00:00:00 EST 2017

Research Org.:: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)

OSTI Identifier:: 1411186

Report Number(s):: JLAB-ACC-17-2474; DOE/OR/23177-4144
Journal ID: ISSN 0953-2048; TRN: US1800194

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-06OR23177

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Superconductor Science and Technology

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 31; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0953-2048

Publisher:: IOP Publishing

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; niobium; superconducting cavities; flux expulsion; NbCu

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                    Dhakal, Pashupati, and Ciovati, Gianluigi. Effect of cooldown and residual magnetic field on the performance of niobium–copper clad superconducting radio-frequency cavity.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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  title        = {Effect of cooldown and residual magnetic field on the performance of niobium–copper clad superconducting radio-frequency cavity},

  author       = {Dhakal, Pashupati and Ciovati, Gianluigi},

  abstractNote = {Here, we present the results of rf measurements on a niobium–copper clad superconducting radio-frequency cavity with different cooldown conditions and residual magnetic field in a vertical test Dewar in order to explore the effect of thermal current induced magnetic field and its trapping on the performance of the cavity. The residual resistance, extracted from the Q 0(T) curves in the temperature range 4.3–1.5 K, showed no dependence on a temperature gradient along the cavity during the cooldown across the critical temperature up to ~50 K m–1. The rf losses due to the trapping of residual magnetic field during the cavity cooldown were found to be ~4.3 nΩ μT–1, comparable to the values measured in bulk niobium cavities. An increase of residual resistance following multiple cavity quenches was observed along with evidence of trapping of magnetic flux generated by thermoelectric currents.},

  doi          = {10.1088/1361-6668/aa96f5},

  journal      = {Superconductor Science and Technology},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 31,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Wed Nov 22 00:00:00 EST 2017},

  month        = {Wed Nov 22 00:00:00 EST 2017}

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