Record quality factor lowers cost of new particle accelerator
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 - 09:10
in Physics & Chemistry
A team at DOE's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory achieved a record-high quality factor when testing the first fully dressed radio-frequency cavity built for a particle accelerator project at DOE's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The quality factor, Q, exceeded the goal for the Linac Coherent Light Source II project and far surpasses current state-of-the-art standards.