The dependence of the Q-value on the RF field (Q-slope) is actively studied in various accelerator laboratories. Although remedies against this dependence have been found, the physical cause still remains obscure. A rather straightforward two-fluid model description of the Q-slope in the low and high field domains is presented with emphasis on the recently experimentally identified improvement of the Q-value by so-called "N-doping".
@article{arxiv.1407.3220,
title = {On superconducting niobium accelerating cavities fired under N2-gas exposure},
author = {Ralf Eichhorn and Daniel Gonnella and Georg Hoffstaetter and Matthias Liepe and Wolfgang Weingarten},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.3220},
year = {2015}
}