U.S. Particle Accelerator School
U.S. Particle Accelerator School
Education in Beam Physics and Accelerator Technology
Fundamentals of Superconducting Materials Applied to Accelerators course
Sponsoring University:
University of Chicago
Course:
Fundamentals of Superconducting Materials Applied to Accelerators - course cancelled
Instructors:
David Larbalestier, Alex Gurevich and Peter Lee, University of Wisconsin
The basic physics of type II superconductors will be reviewed (Ginzburg Landau phenomenology, critical fields and temperatures, flux pinning and thermal depinning of flux), followed by extensive descriptions of the manufacture and properties of the important low temperature superconductors (Nb-Ti, Nb3Sn, and Nb3Al) and high temperature superconductors (YBCO and BSCCO). A final module on superconducting property measurements will be given. Prerequisites: Electromagnetism and solid state intro courses.