Author: Hoffstaetter, G.H.
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MOBA08 Niobium Impurity-Doping Studies at Cornell and CM Cool-Down Dynamic Effect on Q0 55
 
  • M. Liepe, B. Clasby, R.G. Eichhorn, B. Elmore, F. Furuta, G.M. Ge, D. Gonnella, T. Gruber, D.L. Hall, G.H. Hoffstaetter, J.J. Kaufman, P.N. Koufalis, J.T. Maniscalco, T.I. O'Connell, P. Quigley, D.M. Sabol, J. Sears, E.N. Smith, V. Veshcherevich
    Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
 
  As part of a multi-laboratory research initiative on high Q0 niobium cavities for LCLS-II and other future CW SRF accelerators, Cornell has conducted an extensive research program during the last two years on impurity-doping of niobium cavities and related material characterization. Here we give an overview of these activities, and present results from single-cell studies, from vertical performance testing of nitrogen-doped nine-cell cavities, and from cryomodule testing of nitrogen-doped nine-cell cavities.  
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MOPB033 LCLS-II SRF Cavity Processing Protocol Development and Baseline Cavity Performance Demonstration 159
 
  • M. Liepe, P. Bishop, H. Conklin, R.G. Eichhorn, F. Furuta, G.M. Ge, D. Gonnella, T. Gruber, D.L. Hall, G.H. Hoffstaetter, J.J. Kaufman, G. Kulina, J.T. Maniscalco, T.I. O'Connell, P. Quigley, D.M. Sabol, J. Sears, V. Veshcherevich
    Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
  • M. Checchin, A.C. Crawford, A. Grassellino, C.J. Grimm, A. Hocker, M. Martinello, O.S. Melnychuk, J.P. Ozelis, A. Romanenko, A.M. Rowe, D.A. Sergatskov, W.M. Soyars, R.P. Stanek, G. Wu
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
  • E. Daly, G.K. Davis, M.A. Drury, J.F. Fischer, A.D. Palczewski, C.E. Reece
    JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
  • M.C. Ross
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported, in part, by the US DOE and the LCLS-II Project under U.S. DOE Contract No. DE-AC05-06OR23177 and DE-AC02-76SF00515.
The ”Linac Coherent Light Source-II” Project will construct a 4 GeV CW superconducting RF linac in the first kilometer of the existing SLAC linac tunnel. The baseline design calls for 280 1.3 GHz nine-cell cavities with an average intrinsic quality factor Q0 of 2.7·1010 at 2K and 16 MV/m accelerating gradient. The LCLS-II high Q0 cavity treatment protocol utilizes the reduction in BCS surface resistance by nitrogen doping of the RF surface layer, which was discovered originally at FNAL. Cornell University, FNAL, and TJNAF conducted a joint high Q0 R&D program with the goal of (a) exploring the robustness of the N-doping technique and establishing the LCLS-II cavity high Q0 processing protocol suitable for production use, and (b) demonstrating that this process can reliably achieve LCLS-II cavity specification in a production acceptance testing setting. In this paper we describe the LCLS-II cavity protocol and analyze combined cavity performance data from both vertical and horizontal testing at the three partner labs, which clearly shows that LCLS-II specifications were met, and thus demonstrates readiness for LCLS-II cavity production.
 
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MOPB041 Cryomodule Testing of Nitrogen-Doped Cavities 182
 
  • D. Gonnella, B. Clasby, R.G. Eichhorn, B. Elmore, F. Furuta, G.M. Ge, D.L. Hall, Y. He, G.H. Hoffstaetter, J.J. Kaufman, P.N. Koufalis, M. Liepe, J.T. Maniscalco, T.I. O'Connell, P. Quigley, D.M. Sabol, E.N. Smith, V. Veshcherevich
    Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
  • A. Grassellino, C.J. Grimm, J.P. Holzbauer, O.S. Melnychuk, Y.M. Pischalnikov, A. Romanenko, W. Schappert, D.A. Sergatskov
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
  • A.D. Palczewski, C.E. Reece
    JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
 
  Funding: DOE and the LCLS-II High Q Project
The Linac Coherent Light Source-II (LCLS-II) is a new FEL x-ray source that is planned to be constructed in the existing SLAC tunnel. In order to meet the required high Q0 specification of 2.7x1010 at 2 K and 16 MV/m, nitrogen-doping has been proposed as a preparation method for the SRF cavities in the linac. In order to test the feasibility of these goals, four nitrogen-doped cavities have been tested at Cornell in the Horizontal Test Cryomodule (HTC) in five separate tests. The first three tests consisted of cavities assembled in the HTC with high Q input coupler. The fourth test used the same cavity as the third but with the prototype high power LCLS-II coupler installed. Finally, the fifth test used a high power LCLS-II coupler, cavity tuner, and HOM antennas. Here we report on the results from these tests along with a systematic analysis of change in performance due to the various steps in preparing and assembling LCLS-II cavities for cryomodule operation. These results represent one of the final steps to demonstrate readiness for full prototype cryomodule assembly for LCLS-II.
 
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MOPB084 Performance of Nitrogen-Doped 9-Cell SRF Cavities in Vertical Tests at Cornell University 328
 
  • G.M. Ge, R.G. Eichhorn, B. Elmore, F. Furuta, D. Gonnella, T. Gruber, G.H. Hoffstaetter, J.J. Kaufman, M. Liepe, T.I. O'Connell, J. Sears, E.N. Smith
    Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
 
  Cornell University treated five LCLS-II 9-cell cavities by nitrogen-doping recipe. In this paper, we reported the performance of these 9-cell cavities. In the treatments, the nitrogen recipes are slightly different. The cavities have been firstly doped under high nitrogen pressure; after the vertical tests some of the cavities has been reset the surface and re-doped under light nitrogen pressure. The detail of the cavity preparation and test results will be shown. The comparison of the different recipes will be discussed.  
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MOPB085 Efforts of the Improvement of Cavity Q-Value by Plasma Cleaning Technology: Plan and Results From Cornell University 333
 
  • G.M. Ge, F. Furuta, G.H. Hoffstaetter, M. Liepe, J. Sears, V. Veshcherevich
    Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
 
  We reported the plasma works at Cornell University. The plasma has been generated for 1) surface cleaning to reduce field emission; 2) the cavity quality factor improvement. The experiment design, including RF design, the gas type and pressure selection, the external DC magnetic field calculation, had been discussed. The plasma experiment set-up by using a 1.3GHz single-cell cavity is shown. Argon and helium plasma was successfully ignited in the cavity; the results of the plasma processing will be displayed.  
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MOPB093 Vertical Electropolishing Studies at Cornell 364
 
  • F. Furuta, B. Elmore, G.M. Ge, T. Gruber, G.H. Hoffstaetter, D.K. Krebs, J. Sears
    Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
  • T.D. Hall, M.E. Inman, S.T. Snyder, E.J. Taylor
    Faraday Technology, Inc., Clayton, Ohio, USA
  • H. Hayano, T. Saeki
    KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
  • Y.I. Ida, K.N. Nii
    MGH, Hyogo-ken, Japan
 
  Vertical Electro-Polishing (VEP) has been developed and applied on various SRF R&Ds at Cornell as primary surface process of Nb. Recent achievements had been demonstrated with nitrogen doped high-Q cavities for LCLS-II. Five 9-cell cavities processed with VEP and nitrogen doping at Cornell showed the high average Qo value of 3.0·1010 at 16MV/m, 2K, during vertical test. this achievement satisfied the required cavity specification values of LCLS-II(2.7·1010 at 16MV/m, 2K). We will report the details of these achievements and new VEP collaboration projects between Cornell and companies.  
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MOPB101 Electropolishing of Niobium SRF Cavities in Eco-Friendly Aqueous Electrolytes Without Hydrofluoric Acid 390
 
  • M.E. Inman, T.D. Hall, S. Lucatero, S.T. Snyder, E.J. Taylor
    Faraday Technology, Inc., Clayton, Ohio, USA
  • F. Furuta, G.H. Hoffstaetter
    Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
  • J.D. Mammosser
    ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
  • A.M. Rowe
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
 
  Electropolishing of niobium cavities is conventionally conducted in high viscosity electrolytes consisting of concentrated sulfuric and hydrofluoric acids. This use of dangerous and ecologically damaging chemicals requires careful attention to safety protocols to avoid harmful worker exposure and environmental damage. We present an approach for electropolishing of niobium materials based on pulse reverse waveforms, enabling the use of low viscosity aqueous dilute sulfuric acid electrolytes without hydrofluoric acid, or aqueous near-neutral pH salt solutions without any acid. Results will be summarized for both cavity and coupon electropolishing for bulk and final polishing steps. With minimal optimization of pulse reverse waveform parameters we have demonstrated the ability to electropolish single-cell niobium SRF cavities and achieve at least equivalent performance compared to conventionally processed cavities. Cavities are electropolished in a vertical orientation filled with electrolyte and without rotation, offering numerous advantages from an industrial processing perspective. Shielding, external cooling and high surface area cathodes are adaptable to the bipolar EP process.
Work supported by DOE Grant Nos. DE-SC0011235 and DE-SC0011342 and DOE Purchase Order No. 594128.
 
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TUPB044 High Quality Factor Studies in SRF Nb3Sn Cavities 661
 
  • D.L. Hall, B. Clasby, H. Conklin, R.G. Eichhorn, T. Gruber, G.H. Hoffstaetter, J.J. Kaufman, M. Liepe
    Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by DOE grant DE-SC0008431 and NSF grant PHY-141638
A significant advantage of Nb3Sn coated on niobium over conventional bulk niobium is the substantial reduction in the BCS losses at equal temperatures of the former relative to the latter. The quality factor of a 1.3 GHz Nb3Sn cavity is thus almost entirely dictated by the residual resistance at temperatures at and below 4.2 K, which, if minimised, offers the ability to operate the cavity in liquid helium at atmospheric pressure with quality factors exceeding 4·1010. In this paper we look at the impact of the cooldown procedure – which is intrinsically linked to the effect of spatial and temporal gradients – and the impact of external ambient magnetic fields on the performance of a Nb3Sn cavity.
 
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TUPB081 Multi-Cell Temperature Mapping and Conclusions 783
 
  • F. Furuta, R.G. Eichhorn, G.M. Ge, D. Gonnella, D.L. Hartill, G.H. Hoffstaetter, J.J. Kaufman, M. Liepe, E.N. Smith
    Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
 
  Multi-cell temperature mapping (T-map) system has been developed and applied on SRF Nb cavities vertical tests (VT) at Cornell. It has nearly two thousand thermometers and achieved a 1mK resolution of niobium surface temperature rinsing in superfluid helium . We have upgraded the system to be capable of monitoring the temperature profiles of quench spot on cavity. The recent results of T-map during cavity tests and details will be reported.  
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TUPB088 On Quench Propagation, Quench Detection and Second Sound in SRF Cavities 804
 
  • S.R. Markham, R.G. Eichhorn, D.L. Hartill, G.H. Hoffstaetter
    Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
 
  Quench location detection has provided valuable insight in SRF cavity operation since two decades. While in earlier days temperature maps were used the state of the art technique nowadays is detecting the second sound wave, excited by a quench, using oscillating super-leak detector (OSTs). Typically, many OSTs surround the cavity and the quench location is determined by triangulation of the different OST signals. Convenient as the method is there is a mystery: taking the well-known velocity of the second sound wave, the quench seems to come from a place slightly above the cavity’s outer surface. In addition, not all triangulation spheres intersect in one point. We will present a model based on numerical quench propagation simulations that is able to fully explaining this discrepancy.  
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THBA05 Higher Order Mode Absorbers for High Current SRF Applications 1036
 
  • R.G. Eichhorn, J.V. Conway, T. Gruber, Y. He, G.H. Hoffstaetter, Y. Li, M. Liepe, T.I. O'Connell, P. Quigley, J. Sears, V.D. Shemelin, E.N. Smith, M. Tigner
    Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
 
  Efficient damping of the higher-order modes (HOMs) of the superconducting cavities is essential for any high current operation. The talk will provide an overview on the latest advances of HOM absorber development for high intensity SRF applications. As the ideal absorber does not exist, the different conceptual approaches will be presented and the associated issues are outlined. Design examples from various labs will be given that help explain the issues and resolutions. Some focus will be given to the Cornell HOM beamline absorber that was design for high current, short bunch operation with up to 400 W heating. The design will be reviewed and testing results will be reported.  
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FRAA04 Performance of the Cornell ERL Main Linac Prototype Cryomodule 1437
 
  • F. Furuta, B. Clasby, R.G. Eichhorn, B. Elmore, G.M. Ge, D. Gonnella, D.L. Hall, G.H. Hoffstaetter, R.P.K. Kaplan, J.J. Kaufman, M. Liepe, T.I. O'Connell, S. Posen, P. Quigley, D.M. Sabol, J. Sears, E.N. Smith, V. Veshcherevich
    Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
 
  Cornell has designed, fabricated, and tested (by the time of the conference) a high current (100 mA) CW SRF prototype cryomodule for the Cornell ERL. This talk will report on the design and performance of this very high Q0 CW cryomodule including design issues and mitigation strategies.  
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