Beam Acceleration Team and Projects

Theme Leaders:	Graduate Students:	Post Docs:
Matthias Liepe, Cornell	Zhaslan Baraissov, Cornell
Steven Sibener, U Chicago	Gabriel Gaitan, Cornell
Mark Transtrum, BYU	Aiden Harbick, BYU
	Ajinkya Hire, U Florida
Senior Investigators:	Michelle Kelley, Cornell	Affiliates:
Tomás Arias, Cornell	Liana Shpani, Cornell	Jeffrey Elam, Argonne Lab
Richard Hennig, U Florida	Nathan Sitaraman, Cornell	Don Hartill, Cornell
Matthias Liepe, Cornell	Michael Van Duinen, U Chicago	George Japaridze, Clark Atlanta
David Muller, Cornell	Sarah Willson, U Chicago	Robert Laxdal, TRIUMF
Steven Sibener, U Chicago		Larry Wang, Clark Atlanta
Mark Transtrum, BYU

Arias / Kelley Ab initio studies of lattice and electron excitations relevant to SRF performance and inverse-Q behavior
Arias / Sitaraman Ab initio exploration of beyond-Nb SRF materials for low cooling power and high field performance
Hennig / Hire Thermodynamics and Superconducting Properties of Novel SRF Superconductors
Liepe / Shpani High-performance Nb3Sn
Liepe / Electroplating-based Growth and Characterization of Next-Gen SRF Films
Liepe / Gaitan CVD-based Growth of Next-Gen SRF Surfaces
Muller / Baraissov Electron Microscopy characterization of the microstructure of materials for SRF cavities
Sibener / Willson Investigating the Atomic and Micron-Scale Morphological Development of Nb3Sn Leading to Smooth Homogeneous Thin Films
Sibener / Willson Visualization of Nb3Sn and Zr Doped Nb Growth Mechanisms to Inform Optimal Growth Procedures for Next-Generation SRF Materials
Sibener / Van Duinen Bonding, Diffusion, and Structure of Nb and Nb3Sn Surfaces with Nitrogen Doping, Oxidation, Defects, Impurities and Sn or Zr Alloying
Sibener / Van Duinen The Influence of Atomic Scale Surface Structural Changes and Composition on the Superconductivity of Nb3Sn and Nb due to Alloying, Doping, Domain Morphology, and Defects
Transtrum / Harbick Time-Dependent Ginzburg-Landau Studies of Realistic Materials and Surfaces

Beam Acceleration