CLASSE NEWS | 12 Sep 2014
We are pleased to announce that Sam Posen was awarded 1st Prize at the Student Poster Session at the International Linear Accelerator Conference 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland.
His poster presents his work on Nb3Sn as an alternative superconductor with great potential for accelerating cavity applications. It offers large potential gains in quality factor and accelerating compared to niobium, making it very promising for both high duty factor and high energy accelerators. Sam has designed and built an apparatus to coat cavities with Nb3Sn, and he developed a new coating recipe. This work has produced the first alternative material accelerator cavity to far outperform niobium at useful temperatures and gradients.
Sam plans to defend his PhD in December. His advisor is Matthias Liepe.
Cornell SRF Grad Receives 1st Prize at International Linear Accelerator Conference 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland
Sam Posen at International Linear Accelerator Conference 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland.