Author: Oh, J.
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WEPPC079 Residual Resistance Studies at Cornell 2393
 
  • S. Posen, D. Gonnella, G.H. Hoffstaetter, M. Liepe
    CLASSE, Ithaca, New York, USA
  • J. Oh
    Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
 
  The Cornell single-cell temperature mapping system has been adapted for use with ILC and Cornell ERL-shape superconducting accelerator cavities. The system was optimized for low-noise, high-precision measurements with the goal of measuring resistances as low as 1 nohms. Using this system, a T-map of an ILC single cell was obtained at accelerating fields below the onset of Q-slope and at temperatures at which BCS resistance is small, producing a measurement of the distribution of residual resistance over the surface of the cavity. Standard procedures were used in preparing the cavity to avoid Q-disease and trapped flux caused by cooling the cavity through its transition in the presence of magnetic fields. Studying the T-map gives clues to the source of residual resistance, so that steps can be taken to reduce it, thereby lowering losses and increasing Q0. The temperature map noise-reduction studies as well as the residual resistance results are presented in this paper.