BEAMSTopic
Performance gap of Nb3Sn cavities
Nb3Sn is a superconductor that could work at higher temperature and reach twice the field of niobium. Real Nb3Sn cavities reach well under half of that predicted field, for reasons not fully known.
Why it matters
Nb3Sn cavities would allow compact accelerators cooled by simple cryocoolers and higher gradients for large linacs.
Review
S. Posen, D. L. Hall, Nb3Sn superconducting radiofrequency cavities: fabrication, results, properties, and prospects, Superconductor Science and Technology, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6668/30/3/033004 reference checked
See also
- Special case of Field and loss limits of superconducting RF cavities
Proof
- Signed record
- 73a350cdcc5f…
- Public log
- Entry 69, in checkpoint 2,123
- Bitcoin date
- Block 969,698, 2026-10-03