IUAC, New Delhi, India
The talk shall summarize the recent advances in the SRF program in various research centres in India. The SRF related activities at Inter-University Accelerator Centre (IUAC) at Delhi , Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT) at Indore, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) both at Mumbai, and Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC) at Kolkata shall be addressed. In particular indigenous niobium resonator fabrication and test facilities of IUAC operational for more than a decade which have been used extensively for development, fabrication and utilization of various types of resonators will be discussed. The results from the commissioning of the full three linac modules having eight niobium quarter wave resonators in each module of the heavy ion linac at IUAC for regular scheduled experiments will be presented. The technology and infrastructure developments at RRCAT, BARC, TIFR and VECC for fabrication, processing and tests of future cavities will be discussed.
