SAMARA

SAMARA

(Superconducting Alternative Materials for Accelerating cavities and haloscope Resonators for Axions)

2022/2024

 

SAMARA aims at developing and studying superconducting materials alternative to bulk Nb with low radiofrequency (rf) and microwave (mw) surface impedance at extreme conditions: high rf fields and high dc fields. The final goal of SAMARA is twofold: the realization of high performing elliptical accelerating cavities and the test in high dc field of a Nb3Sn haloscope. To reach these ambitious goals, a fundamental part of the project is focused on the characterization of ancillary physical properties, measurement of the quantities of interest in unexplored conditions, and systematization within a coherent theoretical framework.