Ultra-high quality factors in superconducting niobium cavities in ambient magnetic fields up to 190 mG

Grassellino, A.; Crawford, A. C.; Sergatskov, D. A.; Melnychuk, O.

doi:10.1063/1.4903808

Title: Ultra-high quality factors in superconducting niobium cavities in ambient magnetic fields up to 190 mG

Journal Article · Mon Dec 08 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4903808· OSTI ID:22395510

Grassellino, A.; Crawford, A. C.; Sergatskov, D. A.; Melnychuk, O. ^[1]

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510 (United States)

Ambient magnetic field, if trapped in the penetration depth, leads to the residual resistance and therefore sets the limit for the achievable quality factors in superconducting niobium resonators for particle accelerators. Here, we show that a complete expulsion of the magnetic flux can be performed and leads to: (1) record quality factors Q > 2 × 10{sup 11} up to accelerating gradient of 22 MV/m; (2) Q ∼ 3 × 10{sup 10} at 2 K and 16 MV/m in up to 190 mG magnetic fields. This is achieved by large thermal gradients at the normal/superconducting phase front during the cooldown. Our findings open up a way to ultra-high quality factors at low temperatures and show an alternative to the sophisticated magnetic shielding implemented in modern superconducting accelerators.

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OSTI ID:: 22395510

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 105, Issue 23; Other Information: (c) 2014 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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