Research Advances in Microwave Superconductivity

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Cockcroft Colloquium
Research Advances in Microwave Superconductivity A
nd Energy Recovering Linacs at Jefferson Lab
with Applications to Colliders and Light Sources
Swapan ChattopadhyayThomas Jefferson National
Accelerator Facility/Office of Science Cockcroft
Institute Seminar Room, 11am, Friday 23 June 2006
After a brief introduction of Jefferson Lab, I
will report on two key technical areas of
development in recent years (i) progress in
achieving high accelerating electric fields in
SRF cavities approaching the fundamental BCS
limit of niobium their reliable and robust
production and precision control of RF phase and
amplitude and (ii) conceptual, theoretical, and
experimental developments of the techniques and
technologies of Energy Recovering Linacs. I will
connect these two themes with various
applications in electron-positron and
electron-ion colliders as well as to the
emergence of the new generation of light sources.
I will conclude by pointing out the relevance of
the research results to various international and
local projects such as the ILC, 4 GLS,
Muon/Neutrino Facilities and various Electron-Ion
Colliders being contemplated today and where the
Cockroft Institute and associated centers (ASTeC,
Daresbury Lab, University of Liverpool,
University of Manchester, Lancaster University,
etc.) have vested interests.