1. D EVELOPING A N U NDERSTANDING O F B REAKDOWN I N NF C U C AVITIES Arash Zarrebini UKNF Meeting– 8 th January 2010 U.K Cavity Development Consortium

2. O LD BUT A TTRACTIVE The most common problem encountered in both Normal and Superconducting accelerating structures is: RF breakdown – W. D. Kilpatrick (1953) A large number of mechanisms can initiate breakdown. However, this occurs Randomly and Rapidly It is believed surface impurities and defects are dominant cause of breakdown (must be verified) No matter what mechanisms are involved, the end results are similar: Fracture/Field evaporation High local Ohmic heating Hence, the loss of operational efficiency

3. RF B REAKDOWN J. Norem, 2003, 2006, Jens Knobloch, 1997 Breakdown is initiated locally while its effects are global

4. MuCool Button Test Much of the effort has gone towards evaluating various material and coatings MTA Testing Area 805 MHz Cavity A. Hassanein, 2006

5. Button Test Results: 2007 – 2008 LBNL TiN_Cu2 – LBNL TiN_Cu2 D. Huang – MUTAC 08 No Button 40 MV/m no field 16 MV/m @ 2.8 T Performance is considerably improved by using stronger material and better coatings A number of questions exist: o Reliability of Existing Results o Reproducibility

6. Experiment To examine the effects of manufacturing on surface quality, hence the performance of the RF structure Simulation Investigate the relations between Surface defects and RF breakdown in RF accelerating Structures Examine the effects of Surface features on field profile Track free electrons in RF cavities Investigate various phenomena such as secondary electron emission, Heat and stress deposition on RF surface due to particle impact Proposed Research Program

7. EXPERIMENT (Button Test) MuCool Single part New Design 2 Individual Parts Cap Holder

8. Surface is characterised by: Interferometer (Physical) XPS (Chemical) Experimental Procedure Cap Forming Surface Characterisation Holder Forming Cap Material Selection Surface Characterisation Final Cap Surface Characterisation High Power Testing Cap Surface Treatment Surface Characterisation

9. A Typical Surface After Mechanical Polishing of OFHC Copper Up to 1500 Angsrom Evidence of re-crystallisation due to plastic strain and /or local temperature increases Lower Slab shaped cells with sharp boundaries Deeper still More defuse boundaries Virgin Copper Matthew Stable - 2008

10. I NTERFEROMETER R ESULTS Matthew Stable - 2008 Mechanical polish and chemical etch remove deep scratches while EP reduces the average roughness

11. E XPERIMENTAL S ETUP AND EP RESULTS Characteristic Plot for Electro Polishing

12. XPS R ESULTS Matthew Stable - 2008

13. B UTTON P OLISHING Current Technique U shaped cathode inserted within electrolyte Rotated on Axis until bright finish observed Changing electric field, Constant I/V Proposed Technique Dual `bobbin` 180˚ out of phase Twin formed cathodes Changing electric field, constant I/V

14. P ARALLEL R ESEARCH In collaboration with BNL (Diktys Stratakis, Harold Kirk, Juan Gallardo, Robert Palmer) 0.07 cm 0.06 cm CAVEL 201.23 MHz Diktys Stratakis, 2008

15. Model Setup On-Axis DefectOff-Axis Defect Model 1 805 MHz cavity with no defect (top view) Models 2 & 3 805 MHz cavity with a single defect (bottom view) 700 μm 600 μm

16. E LECTRIC F IELD P ROFILE (M ODEL 1 ) The colour bar is a good representation of the field. However, it needs to be scaled in order to represent the actual field values 803.45 MHz Maximum E Field at the Centre of Cavity

17. E LECTRIC F IELD P ROFILE (M ODEL 2 – OFF AXIS ) 803.46 MHz Maximum E Field at the Tip of the Asperity The overall Field profile is similar to model1, as the Asperity enhances the field locally. This is due to the small defect size compared to the actual RF cavity

18. C OMSOL IN BUILT TRACKER Model 2 – Particles emitted from a distance of 0.00071m away from the RF surface (tip of the Asperity) Model 1

19. Particle Tracking Procedure Obtain Cavity’s Field Profile in Comsol Contact with wall ? Extract E & B Field Parameters at particle’s position (primary & new) Obtain new particle position using 4 th & 5 th order Runge Kutta Integration Does Particle go through the Surface ? Measure the amount of energy deposited onto the Impact surface Dead Particle Yes No Yes Measure the number of SEs and their Orientation Stage 1 Define a new set of coordinates for each particles Investigate surface deformation and heating No Stage 2 Stage 3

20. S O WHERE WE ARE ? New Batch manufactured EP and Scanning underway New Acid Mixture is being studied High power RF test (date depending on MTA refurbishing and above work) Validating stage 1 results (code almost finished) Identifying the requirements for stage 2 and 3 Both studies will be ready to be presented at IPAC10