Tunneling study of SRF cavity-grade niobium

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1404-1408

  Proslier, Thomas ^a   Zasadzinski, John ^a   Cooley, Lance ^b   Pellin, Michael ^c   Norem, Jim ^c   Elam, Jeffrey ^c   Antoine, Claire Z ^d   Rimmer, Robert A ^e   Kneisel, Peter ^e  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CEA SACLAY   (France)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON NATIONAL ACCELERATOR FACILITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetism; Niobium; RF cavity, tunneling spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR SYSTEM; ATOMIC LAYER; ELECTROPOLISHED; HIGH FIELD; LOSS MECHANISMS; MAGNETIC IMPURITY; MAGNETIC SCATTERING; METALLIC PHASIS; Q-FACTORS; QUALITY FACTORS; QUASI PARTICLES; RF CAVITY, TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTING GAPS; SUPERCONDUCTING RADIO FREQUENCY; SUPERFLUID DENSITY; SURFACE IMPEDANCES; SURFACE IMPERFECTIONS; SURFACE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TUNNELING DENSITY OF STATE; TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY;

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; IMPURITIES; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; PRASEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SURFACES; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); WIND TUNNELS;

NIOBIUM;

EID: 68649113734     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2009.2018757     Document Type: Conference Paper

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