MEASUREMENTS AT HIGH FIELD STRENGTHS ON SUPERCONDUCTING ACCELERATOR CAVITIES,

Abstract

High electric field strengths were produced in two superconducting rf cavities with electroplated lead surfaces. The cavities operate near 2856 MHz in modes which are useful for particle acceleration. In a cylindrical cavity operating in the TM010 mode a Q of 2.5 x 10 to the 8th power was obtained at 2K. At a power input into the cavity of 2.5 watts a maximum electric field strength on the axis of about 100,000 volts/cm was produced. Also tested was a resonant section of disk-loaded accelerator structure three periods in length operating in the 2pi/3 mode. In this cavity a maximum electric field of 150, 000 vots/cm was obtained. In both cavities the electric field strength appeared to be limited by electron loading due to field emission. Radiation, which at times exceeded 100 mR/hr, was measured in the vicinity of the cavities. The radiation provides indirect evidence of strong accelerating fields. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0623509

Entities

People

  • G. Y. Churilov
  • H. A. Schwettman
  • P. B. Wilson

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Corpuscular Radiation
  • Electric Fields
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Emission
  • Energy
  • Fermions
  • Field Emission
  • High Energy
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Measurement
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Particles
  • Radiation
  • Subatomic Particles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Superconducting Magnet Technology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics