Author: Trelle, L.
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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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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  
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WEPWB065 Impact of Medium Temperature Heat Treatments on the Magnetic Flux Expulsion Behavior of SRF Cavities 731
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  • J.C. Wolff, J. Eschke, A. Gössel, K. Kasprzak, D. Reschke, L. Steder, L. Trelle, M. Wiencek
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
  • W. Hillert
    University of Hamburg, Institut für Experimentalphysik, 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.
Medium temperature (mid-T) heat treatments at 300 °C are used to enhance the intrinsic quality factor of superconducting radio frequency (SRF) cavities. Unfortunately, such treatments potentially increase the sensitivity to trapped magnetic flux and consequently the surface resistance of the cavity. For this reason, it is crucial to maximize the expulsion of magnetic flux during the cool down. The flux expulsion behavior is next to the heat treatment mainly determined by the geometry, the niobium grain size and the grain orientation. However, it is also affected by parameters of the cavity performance tests like the cool down velocity, the spatial temperature gradient along the cavity surface and the magnetic flux density during the transition of the critical temperature. To improve the flux expulsion behavior and hence the efficiency of future accelerator facilities, the impact of these adjustable parameters as well as the mid-T heat treatment on 1.3 GHz TESLA-Type single-cell cavities is investigated by a new approach of a magnetometric mapping system. In this contribution first performance test results of cavities before- and after mid-T heat treatment are presented.
 
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About • Received ※ 21 June 2023 — Revised ※ 28 June 2023 — Accepted ※ 29 June 2023 — Issue date ※ 13 July 2023
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