Performance of production SRF cavities for CEBAF

C. Reece, J. Benesch, P. Kneisel, P. Kushnick, J. Mammosser, T. Powers

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Abstract

Construction of the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility recirculating linac represents the largest scale application of superconducting rf (SRF) technology to date. Over 250 of the eventual 338 SRF 1497 MHz cavities have been assembled into hermetic pairs and completed rf testing at 2.9 K. Among these. 52% demonstrated usable gradients greater than 10 MV/m. Although the rf performance characteristics well exceed the CEBAF baseline requirements of Q0 =1.4×109 at 5 MV/m, the usual limiting phenomena are encountered: field emission, quenching, Q-switching, and occasional multipacting. An analysis of the occurrence conditions and severity of these phenomena during production cavity testing is presented. The frequency with which performance is limited by quenching suggests that additional material advances may be required for applications which require the reliable achievement of accelerating gradients of more than 15 MV/m. The distributions of frequency and Q for a higher-order mode are also presented.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the IEEE Particle Accelerator Conference
PublisherPubl by IEEE
Pages1016-1018
Number of pages3
ISBN (Print)0780312031
StatePublished - 1993
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the 15th Biennial Particle Accelerator Conference - Washington, DC, USA
Duration: May 17 1993May 20 1993

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE Particle Accelerator Conference
Volume2

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the 15th Biennial Particle Accelerator Conference
CityWashington, DC, USA
Period05/17/9305/20/93

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