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@InProceedings{porter:napac2019-moybb3, author = {R.D. Porter and H. Hu and M. Liepe and N.A. Stilin and Z. Sun and M.J. Tao}, title = {{Progress in Nb3Sn SRF Cavities at Cornell University}}, booktitle = {Proc. NAPAC'19}, pages = {37--40}, paper = {MOYBB3}, language = {english}, keywords = {cavity, SRF, accelerating-gradient, site, superconductivity}, venue = {Lansing, MI, USA}, series = {North American Particle Accelerator Conference}, number = {4}, publisher = {JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland}, month = {10}, year = {2019}, issn = {2673-7000}, isbn = {978-3-95450-223-3}, doi = {10.18429/JACoW-NAPAC2019-MOYBB3}, url = {http://jacow.org/napac2019/papers/moybb3.pdf}, note = {https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-NAPAC2019-MOYBB3}, abstract = {Niobium-3 Tin (NbSn) is the most promising alternative material for next-generation SRF cavities. The material can obtain high quality factors (> 10¹⁰) at 4.2 K and could theoretically support ~ 96 MV/m operation of a TESLA elliptical style cavity. Current Nb₃Sn cavities made at Cornell University achieve high quality factors but are limited to about 17 MV/m in CW operation due to the presence of a surface defect. Here we examine recent results on studying the quench mechanism and propose that surface roughness is a major limiter for accelerating gradients. Furthermore, we discuss recent work on reducing the surface roughness including chemical polishing, modification of material growth, and tin electroplating.}, }