Improved high-gradient performance for medium-velocity superconducting half-wave resonators: Surface preparation and trapped flux mitigation
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| author | Wu, Yuting Saito, Kenji Taylor, Alex Ganshyn, Andrei Compton, Chris Metzgar, Ethan Elliott, Kyle Popielarski, Laura Miller, Sam Kim, Sang-hoon Combs, Spencer Konomi, Taro Xu, Ting Hartung, Walter Chang, Wei Cheon, Yoo-Lim |
| author_facet | Wu, Yuting Saito, Kenji Taylor, Alex Ganshyn, Andrei Compton, Chris Metzgar, Ethan Elliott, Kyle Popielarski, Laura Miller, Sam Kim, Sang-hoon Combs, Spencer Konomi, Taro Xu, Ting Hartung, Walter Chang, Wei Cheon, Yoo-Lim |
| contents | A development effort to improve the performance of superconducting radio-frequency half-wave resonators (SRF HWRs) is underway at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), where 220 such resonators are in operation. Our goal was to achieve an intrinsic quality factor (Q0) of >= 2E10 at an accelerating gradient (Ea) of 12 MV/m. FRIB production resonators were prepared with buffered chemical polishing (BCP). First trials on electropolishing (EP) and post-EP low temperature baking (LTB) of FRIB HWRs allowed us to reach higher gradient (15 MV/m, limited by quench) with a higher quality factor at high gradient, but Q0 was still below our goal. Trapped magnetic flux during the Dewar test was found to be a source of Q0 reduction. Three strategies were used to reduce the trapped flux: (i) adding a local magnetic shield (LMGS) to supplement the ``global'' magnetic shield around the Dewar for reduction of the ambient magnetic field; (ii) performing a ``uniform cool-down'' (UC) to reduce the thermoelectric currents; and (iii) using a compensation coil to further reduce the ambient field with active field cancellation (AFC). The LMGS improved the Q0, but not enough to reach our goal. With UC and AFC, we exceeded our goal, reaching Q0 = 2.8E10 at Ea = 12 MV/m. |
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| spellingShingle | Improved high-gradient performance for medium-velocity superconducting half-wave resonators: Surface preparation and trapped flux mitigation Wu, Yuting Saito, Kenji Taylor, Alex Ganshyn, Andrei Compton, Chris Metzgar, Ethan Elliott, Kyle Popielarski, Laura Miller, Sam Kim, Sang-hoon Combs, Spencer Konomi, Taro Xu, Ting Hartung, Walter Chang, Wei Cheon, Yoo-Lim Accelerator Physics A development effort to improve the performance of superconducting radio-frequency half-wave resonators (SRF HWRs) is underway at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), where 220 such resonators are in operation. Our goal was to achieve an intrinsic quality factor (Q0) of >= 2E10 at an accelerating gradient (Ea) of 12 MV/m. FRIB production resonators were prepared with buffered chemical polishing (BCP). First trials on electropolishing (EP) and post-EP low temperature baking (LTB) of FRIB HWRs allowed us to reach higher gradient (15 MV/m, limited by quench) with a higher quality factor at high gradient, but Q0 was still below our goal. Trapped magnetic flux during the Dewar test was found to be a source of Q0 reduction. Three strategies were used to reduce the trapped flux: (i) adding a local magnetic shield (LMGS) to supplement the ``global'' magnetic shield around the Dewar for reduction of the ambient magnetic field; (ii) performing a ``uniform cool-down'' (UC) to reduce the thermoelectric currents; and (iii) using a compensation coil to further reduce the ambient field with active field cancellation (AFC). The LMGS improved the Q0, but not enough to reach our goal. With UC and AFC, we exceeded our goal, reaching Q0 = 2.8E10 at Ea = 12 MV/m. |
| title | Improved high-gradient performance for medium-velocity superconducting half-wave resonators: Surface preparation and trapped flux mitigation |
| topic | Accelerator Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.19076 |