The Effect of Defects on Functional Properties of Niobium for Superconducting Radio-Frequency Cavities: A First-Principles Study

The Effect of Defects on Functional Properties of Niobium for Superconducting Radio-Frequency Cavities: A First-Principles Study

abstract: Niobium is the primary material for fabricating superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities. However, presence of impurities and defects degrade the superconducting behavior of niobium twofold, first by nucleating non-superconducting phases and second by increasing the residual surface...

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Other Authors: Garg, Pulkit (Author)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2019
Subjects:
Materials Science
Flux trapping
Grain Boundaries
Hydrogen
Niobium
SRF cavities
Superconducting
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.55489

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