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Cryogenic RF characterization of the MAGO cavity for high-frequency gravitational-wave detection
Can Dokuyucu, Bianca Giaccone, Tom Krokotsch +13
Superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities are promising resonant sensors for gravitational-wave detection in the kHz-MHz frequency range. We report the cryogenic RF characteri…
Improved Dark Photon Sensitivity from the Dark SRF Experiment
Saarik Kalia, Zhen Liu, Bianca Giaccone +15
We report the refined dark-photon exclusion bound from Dark SRF's pathfinder run. Our new result is driven by improved theoretical modeling of frequency instability in high-quality…
An Improved Bound on Nonlinear Quantum Mechanics using a Cryogenic Radio Frequency Experiment
Oleksandr Melnychuk, Bianca Giaccone, Nicholas Bornman +9
There are strong arguments that quantum mechanics may be nonlinear in its dynamics. A discovery of nonlinearity would hint at a novel understanding of the interplay between gravity…
PI Loop Resonance Control for Dark Photon Experiment at 2 K Using a 2.6 GHz SRF Cavity
C. Contreras-Martinez, B. Giaccone, O. Melnychuk +4
Two 2.6 GHz SRF cavities are being used for a dark photon search at the vertical test stand (VTS) in FNAL, for the second phase of the Dark SRF experiment. During testing at 2 K th…
Testing of the 2.6 GHz SRF Cavity Tuner for the Dark Photon Experiment at 2 K
C. Contreras-Martinez, B. Giaccone, I. Gonin +6
At FNAL two single cell 2.6 GHz SRF cavities are being used to search for dark photons, the experiment can be conducted at 2 K or in a dilution refrigerator. Precise frequency tuni…
Phase-controlled improvement of photon lifetime in coupled superconducting cavities
Changqing Wang, Oleksandr S Melnychuk, Crispin Contreras-Martinez +9
High-quality cavities are crucial for various fundamental physical studies and applications. Here we find that by coupling two cavities directly or via a phase-tunable coupling cha…
New Exclusion Limit for Dark Photons from an SRF Cavity-Based Search (Dark SRF)
A. Romanenko, R. Harnik, A. Grassellino +11
We conduct the first ``light-shining-through-wall" (LSW) search for dark photons using two state-of-the-art high quality-factor superconducting radio frequency (SRF) cavities and r…
Deepest sensitivity to wavelike dark photon dark matter with superconducting radio frequency cavities
Raphael Cervantes, Jose Aumentado, Caterina Braggio +9
Wavelike, bosonic dark matter candidates like axions and dark photons can be detected using microwave cavities known as haloscopes. Traditionally, haloscopes consist of tunable cop…
Design of axion and axion dark matter searches based on ultra high Q SRF cavities
Bianca Giaccone, Asher Berlin, Ivan Gonin +13
The Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems center is developing searches for dark photons, axions and ALPs with the goal of improving upon the current state-of-the-art sensi…
Key directions for research and development of superconducting radio frequency cavities
S. Belomestnykh, S. Posen, D. Bafia +53
Radio frequency superconductivity is a cornerstone technology for many future HEP particle accelerators and experiments from colliders to proton drivers for neutrino facilities to…
Searches for New Particles, Dark Matter, and Gravitational Waves with SRF Cavities
Asher Berlin, Sergey Belomestnykh, Diego Blas +33
This is a Snowmass white paper on the utility of existing and future superconducting cavities to probe fundamental physics. Superconducting radio frequency (SRF) cavity technology…
Measurement of high quality factor superconducting cavities in tesla-scale magnetic fields for dark matter searches
S. Posen, M. Checchin, O. S. Melnychuk +3
In dark matter searches using axion haloscopes, the search sensitivity depends on the quality factors () of radiofrequency cavities immersed in multi-tesla magnetic fields. In…
Q-factor optimization for high-beta 650 MHz cavities for PIP-II
M. Martinello, D. J. Bice, C. Boffo +8
High Q-factors are of utmost importance to minimize losses of superconducting radio-frequency cavities deployed in continuous wave particle accelerators. This study elucidates the…
Field emission mitigation studies in LCLS-II cavities via in situ plasma processing
Bianca Giaccone, Martina Martinello, Paolo Berrutti +7
Field emission is one of the factors that can limit the performance of superconducting radio frequency cavities. In order to reduce possible field emission in LCLS-II (Linac Cohere…
Advances in Nb3Sn superconducting radiofrequency cavities towards first practical accelerator applications
S. Posen, J. Lee, D. N. Seidman +4
Nb3Sn is a promising next-generation material for superconducting radiofrequency cavities, with significant potential for both large scale and compact accelerator applications. How…
Ultra-Low Surface Resistance via Vacuum Heat Treatment of Superconducting Radiofrequency Cavities
S. Posen, A. Romanenko, A. Grassellino +2
We report on an effort to improve the performance of superconducting radiofrequency cavities by the use of heat treatment in a temperature range sufficient to dissociate the natura…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Quench-Induced Degradation of the Quality Factor in Superconducting Resonators
M. Checchin, M. Martinello, A. Romanenko +5
Quench of superconducting radio-frequency cavities frequently leads to the lowered quality factor Q0, which had been attributed to the additional trapped magnetic flux. Here we dem…
Efficient expulsion of magnetic flux in superconducting RF cavities for high applications
S. Posen, A. Grassellino, A. Romanenko +5
Even when cooled through its transition temperature in the presence of an external magnetic field, a superconductor can expel nearly all external magnetic flux. This Letter present…
Magnetic Flux Dynamics in Horizontally Cooled Superconducting Cavities
M. Martinello, M. Checchin, A. Grassellino +4
Previous studies on magnetic flux expulsion as a function of cooling details have been performed for superconducting niobium cavities with the cavity beam axis placed parallel resp…