SRF2019 - List of Authors (Xu, P.)

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MOP041	Comparison of the Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Superconducting Tantalum and Niobium	148
	P. Xu, N.T. Wright MSU, East Lansing, Michigan, USA T.R. Bieler Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
	Funding: This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of High Energy Physics through Grant No. DE-FG02-13ER41974. The thermal conductivity k of superconducting Ta behaves similarly to that of superconducting Nb, albeit at colder temperatures. This shift is due to the superconducting transition temperature of Ta being 4.3 K, versus 9.25 K for Nb. For example, the temperature of the phonon peak of properly treated Ta is about 1 K as opposed to a phonon peak at about 2 K for Nb. The typical value of k of Ta is smaller than Nb with the value at the phonon peak for Ta being O(10) W/ m/ K. Like Nb, k is dominated by phonons at these temperatures. This lattice k can be modeled by the Boltzmann transport equation, solved here by a Monte Carlo method using the relaxation time approximation. Individual scattering mechanisms due to boundaries, dislocations, and residual normal electrons are examined, and the phonon dispersion relation is included. Differences in the thermal response of deformed Ta, as compared with Nb, may be attributed to differences in dislocation densities of the two metals following similar levels of deformation. Boundary scattering dominates at the coldest temperatures. The phonon peak decreases and shifts to warmer temperatures with deformation.
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Comparison of the Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Superconducting Tantalum and Niobium

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P. Xu, N.T. Wright
MSU, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
T.R. Bieler
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Funding: This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of High Energy Physics through Grant No. DE-FG02-13ER41974.
The thermal conductivity k of superconducting Ta behaves similarly to that of superconducting Nb, albeit at colder temperatures. This shift is due to the superconducting transition temperature of Ta being 4.3 K, versus 9.25 K for Nb. For example, the temperature of the phonon peak of properly treated Ta is about 1 K as opposed to a phonon peak at about 2 K for Nb. The typical value of k of Ta is smaller than Nb with the value at the phonon peak for Ta being O(10) W/ m/ K. Like Nb, k is dominated by phonons at these temperatures. This lattice k can be modeled by the Boltzmann transport equation, solved here by a Monte Carlo method using the relaxation time approximation. Individual scattering mechanisms due to boundaries, dislocations, and residual normal electrons are examined, and the phonon dispersion relation is included. Differences in the thermal response of deformed Ta, as compared with Nb, may be attributed to differences in dislocation densities of the two metals following similar levels of deformation. Boundary scattering dominates at the coldest temperatures. The phonon peak decreases and shifts to warmer temperatures with deformation.

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reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-SRF2019-MOP041

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paper received ※ 19 June 2019 paper accepted ※ 30 June 2019 issue date ※ 14 August 2019

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