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ACHIEVEMENT OF 40 MV/m ACCELERATING FIELD IN L-BAND SCC AT KEK
Two superconducting cavities developed at KEK showed good cavity performances; Eacc = ~40 MV/m. The 1st cavity achieved 40 MV/m adopted 1400 °C heat treatment at half-cell and 120 μ EP at single cell state. On the other hand, at the 2nd cavity no 1400 °C heat treatment was adopted and 30μm tumbling + 30μm EP were applied for surface polishing. In the rinsing procedures of both cavity, ultra-pure water was not used at all for initial 40 MV/m achievement of each cavities; only pure water was used. The niobium sheet of RRR = 200 were used for both cavities. Some degradation of Q0 were observed in Q-E curve probably due to thermal heating. Peculiar temperature dependence (at 1.6 -1.8 K) of cavity performance was observed at 2nd cavity while not observed in the 1st cavity. An analysis of the cavity performances at maximum field may indicate the thermal quench but unusual one. To the 1st cavity, several attempts have been tried repeatedly for intending further improvement and for checking preparation systems.
94312812
High Field Studies on L-band Superconducting Cavities at KEK
Several 1.3 GHz single-cell and nine-cell niobium cavities were fabricated to attain a higher maximum accelerating gradient and to understand the phenomena limiting it. Vertical cold tests at {approx}1.8 K for the 4 single-cell cavities prepared by various surface treatments have been conducted 15 times. In eight of the tests, maximum accelerating gradients (E{sub acc}, max) of more than 14 MV/m were obtained with no field emission. Furthermore, E{sub acc}, max values of higher than 20 MV/m with a high Q{sub 0} value of {approx}10{sup 10} were achieved repeatedly after heat treatment at 1400 degrees C. Once quenching was observed at E{sub acc}, max (14 {approx} 20 MV/m), however, a common phenomenon resulting in Q{sub 0}-deterioration occurred in every test. The cavity performances and the phenomenon at high fields are reported in this paper.
137182571
A New Material Evaluation Method on Niobium by Magnetization Measurement
As a new evaluation method for the material defects or surface contamination of niobium, we have tried magnetization measurement using very small niobium samples. We could see the hyst~resis curve varied depending on the sample's history. This method has a high sensitivity. Th~ m.f1uence ?y surface treatments was observed on the hysteresis curve; annealing, chemical p~hshmg, Q-dlsease due to hydrogen etc .. In this paper we will report several study results by this method.
6846765
HIGHER HARMONICS BEAM LOADING COMPENSATION FOR A BROAD BAND MA-LOADED RF CAVITY
A broad band RF cavity loaded with magnetic alloy cores has been developed for the Japanese Hadron Facility synchrotrons. Its Q-value can be chosen at between 0.5 and 5. To reduce transient beam loading effects, a small Qvalue (< 3) is preferable to shorten the transient period. However, the circulating beam current of up to 7 A will induce a spurious voltage at the accelerating gap, which deforms the gap voltage due to higher harmonics components, if the Q-value is less than 3. The resulting RFbucket distortion may cause the beam loss. Therefore we have designed a beam loading compensation system to suppress the higher harmonics components.
125432193
State-of-the-art and future prospects in rf superconductivity
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Activities on Superconducting Cavities at TOSHIBA
Abstructs R&D activities on superconducting cavities at TOSHIBA are presented. Two L-band single-cell niobium cavities and an L-band three-cell structure were fabricated in our company and measured at KEK. The maximum field gradient of Eacc,max>30MV/m in both single-cell cavities and Eacc,max =18MV/m in the three-cell structure were attained respectively. An optimization study on the annealing temperature for the hydrogen Q-disease is reported. R&D of hydroforming to fabricate seamless cavities is also presented.
55610926
EVALUATION OF MAGNETIC ALLOYS FOR JHF RF CAVITY
A new type of rf accelerating cavity using a high permeability magnetic alloy (MA) has been developed for the high intensity JHF proton synchrotrons. Compared with ordinary ferrites, the MA cores are very stable at high rf magnetic field and thus very high accelerating gradient (=accelerating voltage per cavity length) is available. We have measured several magnetic alloys in order to find a proper material for the cavity. In this paper, the test results are summarized and the evaluation of these materials is presented.
118654996
Analytic Formulae for the Off-Center CMB Anisotropy in a General Spherically Symmetric Universe
The local void model has recently attracted considerable attention because it can explain the apparent accelerated expansion of the present universe without introducing dark energy. However, in order to justify this model as an alternative to the standard ΛCDM cosmology, the model should be tested by various observations, such as the CMB temperature anisotropy, besides the distance-redshift relation of SNIa. For this purpose, we derive analytic formulae for the dipole and quadrupole moments of the CMB temperature anisotropy that hold for any spherically symmetric universe model and can be used to compare consequences of such a model with observations of the CMB temperature anisotropy rigorously. We check that our formulae are consistent with the numerical studies previously made for the CMB temperature anisotropy in the void model. We also update the constraints concerning the location of the observers in the void model by applying our analytic dipole formula with the latest WMAP data. Subject Index: 400, 401, 402, 403, 468
119178074
Fermi matrix element with isospin breaking
Abstract Prompted by the level of accuracy now being achieved in tests of the unitarity of the CKM matrix, we consider the possible modification of the Fermi matrix element for the β -decay of a neutron, including possible in-medium and isospin violating corrections. While the nuclear modifications lead to very small corrections once the Behrends–Sirlin–Ademollo–Gatto theorem is respected, the effect of the u − d mass difference on the conclusion concerning V u d is no longer insignificant. Indeed, we suggest that the correction to the value of | V u d | 2 + | V u s | 2 + | V u b | 2 is at the level of 10 − 4 .
118625081
Effects of Fock term, tensor coupling and baryon structure variation on a neutron star
Abstract The equation of state for neutron matter is calculated within relativistic Hartree–Fock approximation. The tensor couplings of vector mesons to baryons are included, and the change of baryon internal structure in matter is also considered using the quark–meson coupling model. We obtain the maximum neutron-star mass of ∼ 2.0 M ⊙ , which is consistent with the recently observed, precise mass, 1.97 ± 0.04 M ⊙ . The Fock contribution is very important and, in particular, the inclusion of tensor coupling is vital to obtain such large mass. The baryon structure variation in matter also enhances the mass of a neutron star.
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Stability analysis using EMTP for JHF systems
The Stability analysis for JHF (Japan Hadron Facility) synchrotron has been performed by using a code for the stability analysis, EMTP(Electronic Magnetic Transient Program). We have examined two cases; a MA (Magnetic Alloy) loaded cavity and ordinary ferrite one. The MA loaded cavity has low Q value and does not require the tuning system for a frequency sweep. The result shows that the MA loaded cavity has larger stable area than the ordinary ferrite loaded cavity. The JHF RF system using the MA loaded cavity can be operated stably. Another simulation has been performed with a code, MC(Micro Cap). The results were consistent with the EMTP analysis.