Surface superconductivity in niobium for superconducting RF cavities

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 538, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 45-64

  Casalbuoni, S ^a,b   Knabbe, E A ^b   Kotzler J ^a   Lilje, L ^b   Von Sawilski, L ^a   Schmuser P ^a   Steffen, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical exponents; Magnetic susceptibility; Niobium; Phase transitions; Superconducting RF cavities; Surface superconductivity

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SURFACE TREATMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CRITICAL EXPONENTS; LOW-TEMPERATURE BAKEOUT (LTB); SUPERCONDUCTIVITY RF CAVITIES; SURFACE CONDUCTIVITY;

NIOBIUM;

EID: 15744363497     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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