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Title: Ingot Nb based SRF technology for the International Linear Collider

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4935326· OSTI ID:22492693
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  1. High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, 305-0801 (Japan)
  2. Jefferson Lab (JLab) Newport News, VA, 23606 (United States)

The International Linear Collider (ILC) is anticipated to be built as the next energy-frontier electron-positron colliding accelerator with a global effort in particle physics. Niobium based Superconducting Radio-Frequency (SRF) technology is required to provide beam-accelerating structure with elliptical cavity strings to linearly accelerate the electron and positron beams up to 250 GeV and to realize a center-of-mass energy of 500 GeV in collisions. The accelerator design and R&D efforts progressed, and the ILC Technical Design Report (ILC-TDR) was published in 2013. Niobium will take a critical role to generate electric field gradient with a frequency of 1.3 GHz, for accelerating the beam with the best efficiency, in energy balance, using RF superconductivity. This paper discusses a technical approach to provide Nb material (ingot) and thin disks for producing the elliptical cavity structure, with direct slicing from Nb ingot having sufficiently optimized purity and residual resistance ration (RRR) necessary for the ILC SRF cavities.

OSTI ID:
22492693
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1687, Issue 1; Conference: Ingot niobium summary workshop, Newport News, VA (United States), 4 Dec 2015; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English