One of the current research areas in the field of high-gradient (SRF) cavities is the high field Q-slope. Though the empirical solution of this problem is known - elctropolishing with mild temperature baking - the full understanding of the losses at high fields is still missing. As part of my graduate studies I focused on elucidating different aspects of this problem and carried out a number of studies with the current thermometry system at Cornell University. I will be presenting some of our findings.

After graduation I joined SRF group at Los Alamos that was in the process of commissioning their recently-developed 9-cell 1.3 GHz thermometry system. We successfully tested a nine-cell cavity manufactured by Advanced Energy Systems and identified lossy regions with the new 9-cell thermometry system. I will be presenting these results along with the current progress with 805 MHz cavities.

Monday, August 31, 2009

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
CEBAF Center, Room F113

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Dr. Alex Bogacz or Anne-Marie Valente.