CLASSE NEWS | 13 Sep 2011
We are proud to announce that Sam Posen was awarded one of the two Best Student Poster Prizes at the International Particle Accelerator Conference 2011 in San Sebastian, Spain. More than 130 other students participated in the competition.
His poster presents his work on Nb3Sn as an alternative superconductor for accelerating cavity applications. A defect-free cavity coated by Nb3Sn has the potential to achieve nearly twice the accelerating gradient of a standard niobium cavity and to require significantly lower cryogenic costs to operate. Sam has designed and built an apparatus to fabricate Nb3Sn, and surface analyses he performed on the first samples indicate that he has produced uniform Nb3Sn with the perfect composition for an SRF cavity.
The poster also presents the work of fellow SRF group graduate student Yi Xie in the design and fabrication of two sample-testing cavities.
Sam is in his third year of PhD studies in the SRF group. His adviser is Matthias Liepe.
Cornell SRF Graduate Student Receives Poster Award
Cornell Graduate student Sam Posen at International Particle Accelerator Conference 2011 in San Sebastian, Spain.
His poster presents his work on Nb3Sn as an alternative superconductor for accelerating cavity applications. A defect-free cavity coated by Nb3Sn has the potential to achieve nearly twice the accelerating gradient of a standard niobium cavity and to require significantly lower cryogenic costs to operate. Sam has designed and built an apparatus to fabricate Nb3Sn, and surface analyses he performed on the first samples indicate that he has produced uniform Nb3Sn with the perfect composition for an SRF cavity.
The poster also presents the work of fellow SRF group graduate student Yi Xie in the design and fabrication of two sample-testing cavities.
Sam is in his third year of PhD studies in the SRF group. His adviser is Matthias Liepe.