IPAC2012 - List of Authors (Myneni, G.R.)

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WEPPC091	A Path to Higher Q0 with Large Grain Niobium Cavities	2426
	P. Dhakal, G. Ciovati, G.R. Myneni JLAB, Newport News, Virginia, USA
	The improvement of the quality factor Q0 of superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities at medium accelerating gradients (~ 20 MV/m) is important in order to reduce the cryogenic losses in continuous wave accelerators for a variety of applications. In recent years, SRF cavities fabricated from ingot niobium have become a viable alternative to standard high-purity fine-grain Nb for the fabrication of high-performing SRF cavities with the possibility of significant cost reduction. Initial studies,, demonstrated the improvement of Q0 at medium field in cavities heat treated at 800-1000 °C without subsequent chemical etching. To further explore this treatment procedure, a new induction furnace with an all-niobium hot-zone was commissioned. A single-cell 1.5 GHz cavity fabricated from ingot material from CBMM, Brazil, with RRR~200, was heat treated with the new furnace in the temperature range 600-1400 °C for several hours. Residual resistance values below 5 nano Ω have been consistently achieved on this cavity as well as Q0 values above 4.5×1010 at 2 K and 100 mT peak surface magnetic field. Q0-values of the order of 1011 have been measured at 1.5 K. G. Ciovati, et al., Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 13, 022002 (2010). ** G. Ciovati, et al., Proc. of the 15th Int. Conf. on RF Superconductivity, Chicago, July 25-29, 2011, paper TUPO051

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A Path to Higher Q0 with Large Grain Niobium Cavities

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P. Dhakal, G. Ciovati, G.R. Myneni
JLAB, Newport News, Virginia, USA

The improvement of the quality factor Q0 of superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities at medium accelerating gradients (~ 20 MV/m) is important in order to reduce the cryogenic losses in continuous wave accelerators for a variety of applications. In recent years, SRF cavities fabricated from ingot niobium have become a viable alternative to standard high-purity fine-grain Nb for the fabrication of high-performing SRF cavities with the possibility of significant cost reduction. Initial studies*,**, demonstrated the improvement of Q0 at medium field in cavities heat treated at 800-1000 °C without subsequent chemical etching. To further explore this treatment procedure, a new induction furnace with an all-niobium hot-zone was commissioned. A single-cell 1.5 GHz cavity fabricated from ingot material from CBMM, Brazil, with RRR~200, was heat treated with the new furnace in the temperature range 600-1400 °C for several hours. Residual resistance values below 5 nano Ω have been consistently achieved on this cavity as well as Q0 values above 4.5×1010 at 2 K and 100 mT peak surface magnetic field. Q0-values of the order of 1011 have been measured at 1.5 K.
* G. Ciovati, et al., Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 13, 022002 (2010).
** G. Ciovati, et al., Proc. of the 15th Int. Conf. on RF Superconductivity, Chicago, July 25-29, 2011, paper TUPO051