CUORE: a cryogenic underground observatory for rare events

C Arnaboldi, FT Avignone Iii, J Beeman… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2004 - Elsevier
CUORE is a proposed tightly packed array of 1000 TeO2 bolometers, each being a cube 5
cm on a side with a mass of 760 g. The array consists of 25 vertical towers, arranged in a …

[HTML][HTML] A study of vitamin B influence on the morphology, roughness, and reflectance of electropolished aluminum in H3PO4–H2SO4 mixture

FM Abouzeid, HA Abubshait - Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
The galvanostatic polarization method used to determine the electrodissolution process of
aluminum metal (Al) in acids (phosphoric acid; H 3 PO 4, and sulfuric acid; H 2 SO 4) mixture …

Effects of normal load, sliding speed, and surface roughness on tribological properties of niobium under dry and wet conditions

NW Khun, GS Frankel, M Sumption - Tribology Transactions, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The effects of normal load, sliding speed, and surface roughness on the friction and wear of
high-purity niobium (Nb) during sliding without and with an introduction of water were …

[PDF][PDF] Centrifugal barrel polishing of cavities worldwide

C Cooper, K Saito, B Bullock, S Joshi… - Proceedings of …, 2011 - accelconf.web.cern.ch
Much interest was generated in the mid to late 1990s in an alternative cavity surface
processing technique called centrifugal barrel polishing, that mechanically polishes the …

Vertical electropolishing for 1.3 GHz single-and nine-cell superconducting niobium cavities: A parametric optimization and rf performance

V Chouhan, S Kato, K Nii, T Yamaguchi, M Sawabe… - … Review Accelerators and …, 2019 - APS
Electropolishing (EP) is a standard process for the treatment of the interior surface of
niobium (Nb) superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities used in particle accelerators …

Mechanical and structural features of Nb coating layers deposited on steel substrates in a vacuum chamber

M Mrdak, Č Lačnjevac, M Rakin - Zastita materijala, 2018 - zastita-materijala.org
In this paper analyzed was the influence of implementation of inert Ar gas and a mixture of
inert plasma Ar/He gases in a vacuum chamber on the deposition of reactive niobium (Nb) …

[HTML][HTML] Development of novel superconducting thin films for use in superconducting radio frequency cavities

S Leith - 2021 - 141.99.19.133
Thin film coated Superconducting Radio Frequency (SRF) cavities are an attractive
substitute for the current industry standard of bulk Nb. As such, the SRF community has, in …

Smoothening of niobium by electropolishing

NW Khun, M Sumption, GS Frankel - Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 2013 - Springer
The effects of various electropolishing (EP) parameters such as duration, applied voltage,
working temperature, mechanical prepolishing and acid volume ratio on the EP process …

[PDF][PDF] Metallographic polishing pathway to the future of large scale SRF facilities

O Hryhorenko, CZ Antoine, M Chabot… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - inspirehep.net
Optimization of SRF cavities mainly focuses on pushing the limits of bulk Niobium, cost
reduction of cavity fabrication and development of new SRF materials for future accelerators …

Effects of processing history on the evolution of surface damage layer and dislocation substructure in large grain niobium cavities

D Kang, TR Bieler, C Compton - Physical Review Special Topics-Accelerators …, 2015 - APS
Large grain niobium (Nb) is being investigated for fabricating superconducting
radiofrequency cavities as an alternative to the traditional approach using fine grain …