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The Q-factor of superconducting accelerating cavities can be substantially improved by a special heat treatment under N2 atmosphere (N-doping). Recent experiments at Fermi National Laboratory investigated the dependence of Q on the RF…
Small (compared to coherence length) weak superconducting defects when located at the surface, combined with the proximity and percolation effects, are claimed responsible for various observations with superconducting rf accelerating…
Many modern and proposed future particle accelerators rely on superconducting radio frequency cavities made of bulk niobium as primary particle accelerating structures. Such cavities suffer from the anomalous field dependence of their…
Experimental data on N-doped superconducting (sc) cavities are further analyzed which contribute to confirm a recently proposed model explaining the increase of the Q-value versus the accelerating gradient.
Superconducting niobium film cavities deposited on copper substrates (Nb/Cu) have suffered from strong field-dependent surface resistance, often referred to as the Q-slope problem, since their invention. We argue that the Q-slope may not be…
Bulk niobium is the material mostly used in RF superconducting cavities for accelerator. Predicting and reducing the surface dissipation in RF is mandatory, since it has a tremendous cost impact on most of the large accelerator projects.…
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-factors at medium values of accelerating field. This effect…
First, this is a response to a criticism I have received about the paper which is mentioned in the title. Second, the aim is to show the important role of small (compared to coherence length) weak superconducting spots when located at the…
Niobium superconducting radiofrequency cavities enable applications in modern accelerators and quantum computers. However, the surface resistance significantly deteriorates the cavities performance. Nitrogen doping surface treatment can…
We report a surface treatment that systematically improves the quality factor of niobium radio frequency cavities beyond the expected limit for niobium. A combination of annealing in a partial pressure of nitrogen or argon gas and…
In niobium superconducting radio frequency (SRF) accelerating cavities a decrease of the quality factor at lower fields - a so called \emph{low field Q slope or LFQS} - has been a long-standing unexplained effect. By extending the high $Q$…
A detailed thermal analysis of a Niobium (Nb) based superconducting radio frequency (SRF) cavity in a liquid helium bath is presented, taking into account the temperature and magnetic field dependence of the surface resistance and thermal…
Identifying the loss mechanisms of niobium cavities enables an accurate determination of applications for future accelerator projects and points to research topics required to mitigate current limitations. For several cavities an increasing…
Niobium superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities for high energy accelerator applications have been greatly improved in terms of the quality factor $Q$ by techniques such as Nitrogen doping. However, the mechanisms leading improvement…
In this article a new idea is proposed by PKU group to improve the RF superconductive property of niobium cavity. Rare earth elements like scandium and yttrium are doped into ingot niobium during the smelting processes. A series of…
The paper compares the K-dependence of the superconducting gap in different doping ranges. The fine behavior of the leading edge gap indicates that the pairing susceptibility is peaked at special regions on the Fermi surface. These hot…
Advances in SRF technology over the last 40 years allowed achieving accelerating gradients ~ 50 MV/m corresponding to peak surface magnetic field close to the theoretical limit of niobium. However, the quality factor decreases significantly…
Niobium films are of interest in applications in various superconducting devices, such as superconducting radiofrequency cavities for particle accelerators and superconducting qubits for quantum computing. In this study, we addressed the…
The recent discovery of superconductivity in Nd$_{1-x}$Sr$_{x}$NiO$_2$ has drawn significant attention in the field. A key open question regards the evolution of the electronic structure with respect to hole doping. Here, we exploit x-ray…
Long standing data from niobium thin film accelerating cavities will be revisited and analysed by a modified London model of RF superconductivity. Firstly, the applicability of this model is explored using data of the BCS surface resistance…