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most citedUnprecedented Quality Factors at Accelerating Gradients up to 45 MV/m in Niobium Superconducting Resonators via Low Temperature Nitrogen Infusion

153 citations · 215 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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physics.acc-ph2023

Installation, commissioning, and testing of the HB650 CM at PIP2IT

M White, J Makara, S Ranpariya +10

The Proton Improvement Plan-II (PIP-II) is a major upgrade to the Fermilab accelerator complex, featuring a new 800-MeV Superconducting Radio-Frequency (SRF) linear accelerator (LI…

physics.acc-ph2023

The Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of LB650 Cavities

J. Holzbauer, G. Wu, H. Park +13

The PIP-II project's LB650 cavities could potentially be vulnerable to mechanical deformation because of the geometric shape of the cavity due to reduced beta. The mechanical prope…

physics.acc-ph2022

Design, Manufacturing, Assembly, Testing, And Lessons Learned Of The Prototype 650 Mhz Couplers

J. Helsper, S. Chandrasekaran, N. Solyak +6

Six 650 MHz high-power couplers will be integrated into the prototype High Beta 650 MHz (HB650) cryomodule for the PIP-II project at Fermilab. The design of the coupler is describe…

physics.acc-ph2022

Validation of the 650 MHZ SRF tuner on the low and high beta cavities for PIP-II at 2 K*

C. Contreras-Martinez, S. Chandrasekaran, S. Cheban +7

The PIP-II linac will include thirty-six beta=0.61 and twenty-four beta=0.92 650 MHz 5 cell elliptical SRF cavities. Each cavity will be equipped with a tuning system consisting of…

physics.acc-ph2018★ 30 cited

Accelerating fields up to 49 MV/m in TESLA-shape superconducting RF niobium cavities via 75C vacuum bake

A. Grassellino, A. Romanenko, D. Bice +9

In this paper we present the discovery of a new surface treatment applied to superconducting radio frequency (SRF) niobium cavities, leading to unprecedented accelerating fields of…

physics.acc-ph2018★ 2 cited

Commissioning And First Results From The Fermilab Cryomodule Test Stand

E. R. Harms, M. Awida, C. Baffes +34

A new test stand dedicated to Superconducting Radiofrequency (SRF) cryomodule testing, CMTS1, has been commissioned and is now in operation at Fermilab. The first device to be cool…

physics.acc-ph2018★ 3 cited

The Effect of Mechanical Cold Work on the Magnetic Flux Expulsion of Niobium

S. Posen, S. K. Chandrasekaran, A. C. Crawford +5

Expulsion of ambient flux has been shown to be crucial to obtain high quality factors in bulk niobium SRF cavities. However, there remain many questions as to what properties of th…

physics.acc-ph2017★ 22 cited

Frequency dependence of trapped flux sensitivity in SRF cavities

Mattia Checchin, Martina Martinello, Anna Grassellino +6

In this letter, we present the frequency dependence of the vortex surface resistance of bulk niobium accelerating cavities as a function of different state-of-the-art surface treat…

physics.acc-ph2017★ 4 cited

Advancement in the understanding of the field and frequency dependent microwave surface resistance of niobium

M. Martinello, S. Aderhold, S. K. Chandrasekaran +6

The radio-frequency surface resistance of niobium resonators is incredibly reduced when nitrogen impurities are dissolved as interstitial in the material, conferring ultra-high Q-f…

physics.acc-ph2017★ 1 cited

Cryomodule Test Stand Reduced-Magnetic Support Design At Fermilab

M. W. McGee, S. K. Chandrasekaran, A. C. Crawford +3

In a partnership with SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC) and Jefferson Lab, Fermilab will assemble and test 17 of the 35 total 1.3 GHz cryomodules for the Linac Coherent L…

physics.acc-ph2017★ 153 cited

Unprecedented Quality Factors at Accelerating Gradients up to 45 MV/m in Niobium Superconducting Resonators via Low Temperature Nitrogen Infusion

A. Grassellino, A. Romanenko, Y. Trenikhina +9

We report the finding of new surface treatments that permit to manipulate the niobium resonator nitrogen content in the first few nanometers in a controlled way, and the resonator…

physics.acc-ph2016

Demagnetization of a Complete Superconducting Radiofrequency Cryomodule: Theory and Practice

Anthony C. Crawford, Saravan K. Chandrasekaran

A significant advance in magnetic field management in a fully assembled superconducting radiofrequency cryomodule has been achieved and is reported here. Demagnetization of the ent…