BRNS Theme Meeting on RF Superconductivity in Accelerators

BRNS Theme Meeting on RF Superconductivity in Accelerators

16 - 20 January 2012

Venue: Lecture Hall 3, HBNI, Annushaktinagar, Mumbai INDIA

Programme

Notes:

1. There will be a brief welcome and introduction on Monday, before the lectures commence.

2. Lunch is arranged for all participants in the Training School Hostel

3. Details of the topics to be covered in the lectures, and schedule for the Institutional Talks, are given below.

4. Title of the Trombay Colloquium by Prof. Hasan Padamsee is : "Superconductivity for Accelerators: A 50-year Perspective, Past and Future."

RF Superconductivity in Accelerators

16 - 20 January 2012

Outline of Prof. Hasan Padamsee's Lectures

Lecture 1 (Monday)

Superconductivity Cavity Fundamentals
Fundamentals of Cavity Design
Fundamentals of RF Superconductivity
(Time Permitting) Medium and Low beta Cavities

Lecture 2 (Tuesday)

Performance Limitations - 1
Multipacting
Breakdown of Superconductivity

Lecture 3 (Wednesday)

Performance Limitations - 2
Field Emission
High Field Q-Slope
Fundamental RF Critical Field
Residual Losses (low Q)

Lecture 4 (Thursday)

Cavity Testing
Cavity Fabrication

Lecture 5 (Friday)

Cavity Treatment
Brief Overview of Couplers, Tuners, Cryostat

Trombay Colloquium (Wednesday, 11:15, CC auditorium)

RF Superconductivity for Accelerators: A 50-year Perspective into the Past and the Future

Institutional Talk 1: IUAC, New Delhi

Institutional Talk 2: RRCAT, Indore

Institutional Talk 3: BARC, Mumbai

Institutional Talk 4: VECC, Kolkata