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TY - UNPB AU - Padamsee, H. ED - Henderson, Stuart ED - Akers, Evelyn ED - Satogata, Todd ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. TI - Superconducting RF (SRF) Accelerators Enter a Golden Age J2 - Proc. of IPAC2015, Richmond, VA, USA, May 3-8, 2015 C1 - Richmond, VA, USA T2 - International Particle Accelerator Conference T3 - 6 LA - english AB - Spectacular breakthroughs in SRF cavity performance have launched major successes in SRF-based particle accelerators at major national laboratories. Both the gradient and the Q values of SRF structures have made remarkable strides in the last two decades. When completed, the newly installed accelerators will triple the total installed SRF voltage. The biggest accelerator is the X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) now under construction in Hamburg Germany, based on 800 Niobium. Jefferson Laboratory in Newport News, Va just upgraded the energy of CEBAF by a factor of two using one hundred new cavities. SLAC is upgrading its Linac Coherent Light Source using nearly 300 SRF cavities in 35 cryomodules, half to be constructed at Fermilab and half at Jefferson Lab. Low velocity accelerators for heavy ions are expanding. Argonne has installed record performance upgrade cryomodules. TRIUMF is constructing ARIEL. Spiral II in France is nearing completion and HI-ISOLDE at CERN is getting ready. Michigan Stage University is constructing an accelerator for Nuclear Astrophysics based on 350 low-beta cavities. High intensity proton accelerators are spreading. Starting with the 1.4 Megawatt Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge the European Spallation Source (ESS) has been launched aiming eventually for 5 MW. Fermilab is carrying out R&D on the Proton-Improvement-Plan PIP-II to provide a one MW proton beam with 125 cavities. China and India are planning and protoyping Accelerator Driven Systems (ADS) for Transmutation of Nuclear Waste and power generation from Thorium via non-critical reactors. These and other upcoming projects around the world have launched the “Golden Age of SRF”. Excitement continues about the “800 lb guerrilla” - the International Linear Collider - which will need 16,000 cavities, if built. The next two years will decide its future. PB - JACoW CP - Geneva, Switzerland ER -