Fermilab experience of post-annealing losses in SRF niobium cavities due to furnace contamination and the ways to its mitigation: a pathway to processing simplification and quality factor improvement

Journal Article · Thu May 09 04:00:00 EDT 2013 · TBD

OSTI ID:2511009

Grassellino, A. ^[1]; Romanenko, A. ^[1]; Crawford, A. ^[1]; Melnychuk, O. ^[1]; Rowe, A. ^[1]; Wong, M. ^[1]; Cooper, C. ^[1]; Sergatskov, D. ^[1]; Bice, D. ^[1]; Trenikhina, Y. ^[1]; Cooley, L. D. ^[1]; Ginsburg, C. ^[1]; Kephart, R. D. ^[1]

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1. Fermilab

We investigate the effect of high temperature treatments followed by only high-pressure water rinse (HPR) of superconducting radio frequency (SRF) niobium cavities. The objective is to provide a cost effective alternative to the typical cavity processing sequence, by eliminating the material removal step post furnace treatment while preserving or improving the RF performance. The studies have been conducted in the temperature range 800-1000C for different conditions of the starting substrate: large grain and fine grain, electro-polished (EP) and centrifugal barrel polished (CBP) to mirror finish. An interesting effect of the grain size on the performances is found. Cavity results and samples characterization show that furnace contaminants cause poor cavity performance, and a practical solution is found to prevent surface contamination. Extraordinary values of residual resistances ~ 1 nOhm and below are then consistently achieved for the contamination-free cavities. These results lead to a more cost-effective processing and improved RF performance, and, in conjunction with CBP, open a potential pathway to acid-free processing.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
• DOE Contract Number: 89243024CSC000002
• OSTI ID: 2511009
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-PUB-13-741-AD; arXiv:1305.2182; oai:inspirehep.net:1233434
• Journal Information: TBD, Journal Name: TBD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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