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Magnetic shielding for the Fermilab Vertical Cavity Test Facility

Conference · · Submitted to IEEE TRANS.APPL.SUPERCOND.
OSTI ID:940096

A superconducting RF cavity has to be shielded from magnetic fields present during cool down below the critical temperature to avoid freezing in the magnetic flux at localized impurities, thereby degrading the cavity intrinsic quality factor Q{sub 0}. The magnetic shielding designed for the Fermilab vertical cavity test facility (VCTF), a facility for CW RF vertical testing of bare ILC 1.3 GHz 9-cell SRF cavities, was recently completed. For the magnetic shielding design, we used two cylindrical layers: a room temperature 'outer' shield of Amumetal (80% Ni alloy), and a 2K 'inner' shield of Cryoperm 10. The magnetic and mechanical design of the magnetic shielding and measurement of the remanent magnetic field inside the shielding are described.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
940096
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-CONF-08-348-TD
Journal Information:
Submitted to IEEE TRANS.APPL.SUPERCOND., Journal Name: Submitted to IEEE TRANS.APPL.SUPERCOND.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English