Author: Schaffran, J.
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MOPMB022 Recent mid-T Single-Cell Treatments R&D at DESY 129
 
  • C. Bate, D. Reschke, J. Schaffran, L. Steder, L. Trelle, H. Weise
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
 
  The challenge of improving the performance of SRF cavities is being faced worldwide. One approach is to modify the superconducting surface properties through certain baking procedures. Recently a niobium retort furnace placed directly under an ISO4 clean room has been refurbished at DESY. Thanks to an inter-vacuum chamber and cryopumps, with high purity values in the mass spectrum it is working in the UHV range of 2·10-8 mbar. The medium temperature (mid-T) heat treatments around 300°C are promising and successfully deliver reproducible very high Q₀ values of 2-5·1010 at medium field strengths of 16 MV/m. Since the first DESY and ZRI mid-T campaign yielded promising results, further results of 1.3 GHz single-cell cavities are presented here after several modified treatments of the mid-T recipe. In addition, samples were added to each treatment, the RRR value change was examined, and surface analyses were subsequently performed. The main focus of the sample study is the precise role of the changes in the concentration of impurities on the surface. In particular, the change in oxygen content due to diffusion processes is suspected to be the cause of enhancing the performance.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-MOPMB022  
About • Received ※ 18 June 2023 — Revised ※ 23 June 2023 — Accepted ※ 26 June 2023 — Issue date ※ 01 July 2023
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MOPMB082 SRF Accelerating Modules Upgrade for Flash Linac at DESY 306
 
  • D. Kostin, S. Barbanotti, J. Eschke, K. Jensch, N. Krupka, A. Muhs, D. Reschke, S. Saegebarth, J. Schaffran, P. Schilling, M. Schmökel, L. Steder, N. Steinhau-Kühl, A. Sulimov, E. Vogel, H. Weise, M. Wiencek, B. van der Horst
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
 
  SRF accelerating modules with 8 TESLA-type 1.3 GHz SRF cavities are the main part of the linear accelerators currently in user operation at DESY, FLASH [1, 2] and the European XFEL [3, 4]. For the FLASH upgrade in 2022 [5] two accelerating modules have been exchanged in order to enhance the beam energy to 1.3 GeV. The two modules have been prototype modules for the European XFEL. After reassembly both modules were successfully tested and installed in the FLASH linac. Data taken during the commissioning at the end of 2022 did confirm the test results. This paper presents described efforts and their conclusions since last two years and continues the presentation given at SRF 2021 [6].  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-MOPMB082  
About • Received ※ 16 June 2023 — Revised ※ 23 June 2023 — Accepted ※ 27 June 2023 — Issue date ※ 27 June 2023
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TUPTB037 Refurbishment and Reactivation of a Niobium Retort Furnace at DESY 485
 
  • L. Trelle, C. Bate, H. Remde, D. Reschke, J. Schaffran, L. Steder, H. Weise
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
 
  Funding: This work was supported by the Helmholtz Association within the topic Accelerator Research and Development (ARD) of the Matter and Technologies (MT) Program.
For research in the field of heat treatments of supercon-ducting cavities, a niobium ultra-high vacuum furnace built in 1992 - originally used for the titanization of 1.3 GHz nine-cell cavities - and later shut down was recently refurbished and reactivated. A significant upgrade is the ability to run the furnace in partial pressure mode with nitrogen. The furnace is connected directly to the ISO4 area of the clean room for cavity handling. At room temperature vacuum values of around 3×10-8 mbar are achieved. The revision included the replacement of the complete control system and a partial renewal of the pump technology. The internal mounting structures are optimized for single-cell operation including tandem operation (two single-cell cavities at once) and corresponding accessories such as witness-samples and caps for the cavities. The installation of additional thermocouples for a detailed monitoring of the temperature curves is also possible at the mounting structure. Due to the furnace design, its location and the strict routines in handling, very high purity levels are achieved in comparison to similar setups and hence provide a mighty tool for SRF cavity R&D at DESY.
 
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-TUPTB037  
About • Received ※ 18 June 2023 — Revised ※ 24 June 2023 — Accepted ※ 26 June 2023 — Issue date ※ 01 July 2023
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