Beam Acceleration Team and Projects
Our Team:
| Theme Leaders: | Graduate Students: | Post Docs: |
| Matthias Liepe, Cornell | Zhaslan Baraissov, Cornell | Nathan Sitaraman, Cornell |
| Steven Sibener, U Chicago | Bariana Bowman, U Florida | |
| Mark Transtrum, BYU | Van Do, U Chicago | Affiliates: |
| Senior Investigators: | Sam Dong, U Florida | Jeffrey Elam, Argonne Lab |
| Tomás Arias, Cornell | Gabriel Gaitan, Cornell | Don Hartill, Cornell |
| Richard Hennig, U Florida | Aiden Harbick, BYU | George Japaridze, Clark Atlanta |
| Matthias Liepe, Cornell | Cristóbal Méndez, Cornell | Robert Laxdal, TRIUMF |
| David Muller, Cornell | Sadie Seddon-Stettler, Cornell | Larry Wang, Clark Atlanta |
| Steven Sibener, U Chicago | Liana Shpani, Cornell | |
| Mark Transtrum, BYU | Caleb Thompson, U Chicago | |
| Michael Van Duinen, U Chicago | ||
PI / Postdoc or Grad Student Project Titles:
- Arias / Méndez Ab initio exploration of beyond-Nb SRF materials for low cooling power and high field performance
- Hennig / Bowman Machine learning potentials for multi-component systems and the enhancement of superconducting properties for topological materials
- Hennig / Dong Machine learning for accelerated simulations for the synthesis and growth of photocathodes and superconducting thin films
- Liepe / Gaitan CVD Growth of Nb3Sn Films
- Liepe / Seddon-Stettler Advancing RF Performance via Au Layering and Oxide Passivation
- Liepe / Shpani High-performance Nb3Sn
- Liepe / Sitaraman Advanced Material Systems for Enhanced SRF Performance
- Muller / Baraissov Electron Microscopy characterization of the microstructure of materials for SRF cavities
- Sibener / Do Investigating the Atomic and Micron-Scale Morphological Development of Nb3Sn Leading to Smooth Homogeneous Thin Films
- Sibener / Do / TBD Optimization of Nb SRF Surfaces: Atomic Visualization of Zr-Nb Alloy Growth and Oxide Suppression Using Au Overlayers
- Sibener / Van Duinen / TBD Investigating the Effect of Atomic Scale Surface Structural and Composition Changes from Alloying, Doping, and Defects on the Superconductivity of Nb, Nb3Sn and Zr with Simultaneous In Situ High Temperature Atomic-Scale Surface Structure and Surface Electron-Phonon Coupling Constant Measurements
- Sibener / Van Duinen / TBD In Situ Measurements of High Temperature Surface Structure, Bonding, and Dynamics of Doping N and Alloying Sn or Zr from Initial Behavior to Resulting Film Growth
- Transtrum / Harbick Mesoscopic Modeling of Dissipation in SRF