Articles and Publications

Niobium alloys

• Gallifa Terricabras, A., Crouvizier, M. D., Cano Pleite, E., Amorim Carvalho, A., Szabo, G., Palotas, A. B., … & Barriere, S. (2019). Assessment of the mechanical properties of ultra-high purity niobium after cold work and heat treatment with the HL-LHC crab cavities as benchmark (No. CERN-ACC-2019-0050, pp. 862-867).
• Gallifa Terricabras, A., Aviles Santillana, I., Barrière, S., Cano-Pleite, E., Garlasché, M., Narduzzi, M., … & Swieszek, J. (2023, September). Optimizing the Manufacture of High-Purity Niobium SRF Cavities Using the Forming Limit Diagram: A Case Study of the HL-LHC Crab Cavities RFD Pole. In 21th International Conference on RF Superconductivity (SRF’23), Grand Rapids, MI, USA, 25-30 June 2023 (pp. 627-633). JACOW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland.
• Motschmann, F.; Gerard, R.; Favre, G.; Purification of Selective Laser Melting Additive Manufactured Niobium for Superconducting RF-Applications Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 29.5, 2019, DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2019.2900521
  
• Mertinger, V., Santillana, I. A., Benke, M., Gallifa Terricabras, A., Hlavács, A., Janovszky, D., … & Szűcs, M. (2020, August). Deformability Tests of Pure Niobium. In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 903, No. 1, p. 012019). IOP Publishing.
• Trubacova, P., Atieh, S., Bajard, F., Gallifa Terricabras, A., Rosaz, G. J., & Rigaud, J.-P. (2020, June). Niobium micro-mechanical polishing for superconductive radio-frequency applications. In Euspen’s 20th International Conference & Exhibition, Geneva, Switzerland.
• Griesemer, T., Perez Fontenla, A. T., Arnau-Izquierdo, G., Esposito, L. S., Aviles Santillana, I., Mazzola, G., … & Dutilleul, T. (2023). JACOW: Design development and technological R&D for niobium-cladded beam production targets. JACoW IPAC, 2023, THPM017.

Copper alloys

• Gallifa-Terricabras, A., Swieszek, J. S., Smakulska, D., Ruiz-Palenzuela, B., & Garlaschè, M. (2024). Forming limit diagram of annealed copper OFE thick sheets for optimized hydroforming of superconducting RF cavities. Materials & Design, 113191.

Steel

• Gallifa-Terricabras, A., & Schoen, C. G. (2018). Characterization of the anisotropic necking in duplex stainless steels with lamellar microstructures. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 717, 20-25.

Tungsten

• Makimura, Shunsuke; Kurishita, Hiroaki; Niikura, Koichi; Jung, Hun-Chea; Onoi, Masahiro; Nagasawa, Yutaka; Ishida, Taku; Calviani, Marco; Torregrosa, Claudio; Descarrega, Josep B; Tungsten Alloy Development as Advanced Target Material for High-Power Proton Accelerator, Proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on Spallation Materials Technology, 031002, 2020.
• Makimura, Shunsuke; Ishida, Taku; Busom Descarrega, Josep; CERN Document Server, 2020.

Tantalum

• Martin, Claudio Torregrosa; Solieri, Nicola; Fornasiere, Elvis; Descarrega, Josep Busom; Calviani, Marco; Espadanal, Joao Canhoto; Perillo-Marcone, Antonio; Spätig, Philippe; First observation of spalling in tantalum at high temperatures induced by high energy proton beam impacts, European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids, 85, 104149, 2021, Elsevier Masson.

Manufacturing

• Swieszek, J., Gallifa Terricabras, A., Garlasche, M., & Smakulska, D. (2023, June). Novel approaches in characterization and modelling of fabrication processes for SRF components. In 21st International Conference on RF Superconductivity (SRF’23), Grand Rapids, MI, USA. https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-TUPTB038
• Barrière, S., Montesinos, E., Calvo, S., Geisser, J. M., Villanti, N., Favre, G., … & Atieh, S. (2022). JACOW: HOM Couplers and RF Antennas for HL-LHC Crab Cavities: Developments for Manufacturing. JACoW SRF, 2021, 303-307.
• Ebermann, P., Baumgartner, T., Behnsen, J., Daly, M., Gallifa-Terricabras, A., Koettig, T., … & Eisterer, M. (2019). Influence of transverse stress exerted at room temperature on the superconducting properties of Nb3Sn wires. Superconductor Science and Technology, 32(9), 095010.
• Esposito, R; Bergeret, M; Busom, J; Butcher, MEJ; Calviani, M; Cimmino, R; Coiffet, T; Espadanal, JPC; L Gentini, R; Maire, V; Design, Prototyping Activities and Beam Irradiation Test for the New nTOF Neutron Spallation Target, 2018.
• Sola, E Lopez; Aberle, O; Avigni, P; Bianchi, L; Busom, J; Calviani, M; Casolino, M; Espadanal, JPC; Fraser, MA; Girod, S; Beam Dump Facility target: Design status and beam tests in 2018, 2018.

Joining

• Pianese, Stefano; Marcone, A Perillo; Nuiry, F-X; Calviani, M; Szczurek, K Adam; Izquierdo, G Arnau; Avigni, P; Bonnin, S; Descarrega, J Busom; Feniet, T; Hot isostatic pressing assisted diffusion bonding for application to the Super Proton Synchrotron internal beam dump at CERN, Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, 24, 4, 043001, 2021, American Physical Society.
• Busom Descarrega, Josep; Torregrosa, Claudio; Calviani, Marco; Development and Beam Irradiation of Ir/W/Ta/Ta-Alloys Refractory Metals and Cladding Via Hot Isostatic Pressing at CERN for Beam Intercepting Devices Applications, Proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on Spallation Materials Technology, 041002, 2020.
• Busom Descarrega, Josep; Calviani, Marco; Hutsch, Thomas; López Sola, Edmundo; Pérez Fontenla, Ana Teresa; Perillo Marcone, Antonio; Sgobba, Stefano; Weißgärber, Thomas; Application of hot isostatic pressing (HIP) technology to diffusion bond refractory metals for proton beam targets and absorbers at CERN, Material Design & Processing Communications, 2, 1, e101, 2020.
• Pianese, Stefano; Perillo-Marcone, Antonio; Nuiry, François-Xavier; Calviani, Marco; Szczurek, Krzysztof Adam; Izquierdo, Gonzalo Arnau; Avigni, Pietro; Bonnin, Simon; Descarrega, Josep Busom; Feniet, Thierry; Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) assisted diffusion bonding between CuCr1Zr and AISI 316L for application to the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) internal beam dump at CERN, arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.07942, 2020.
• Hutsch, T; Weißgärber, T; Sgobba, S; Descarrega, JB; Calviani, M; López Sola, E; Pérez Fontenla, AT; Perillo Marcone, A; Application of hot isostatic pressing (HIP) technology to diffusion bond refractory metals for proton beam targets and absorbers at CERN, 2019.
• F. Lackner, M. Atanasov, B. Balhan, J. Borburgh, V. Erends, T. Masson, F. Motschmann; Design optimization of the water-cooled coil for the LEIR extraction septum; JACoW IPAC2023, 2023, DOI: 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2023-THPM019
  

Prototyping

• Maestre, Jorge; Bahamonde, Cristina; Garcia, I Lamas; Kershaw, Keith; Biancacci, Nicolo; Busom, Josep; Frankl, MI; Lechner, Anton; Kurtulus, Adnan; Makimura, S; High intensity proton beam impact at 440 GeV/c on Mo and Cu coated CfC/graphite and SiC/SiC absorbers for beam intercepting devices, Journal of Instrumentation, 17, 01, P01019, 2022, IOP Publishing.
• Ximenes, R Franqueira; Aberle, O; Ahdida, C; Avigni, P; Battistin, M; Bianchi, L; Buonocore, LR; Burger, S; Busom, J; Calviani, M; CERN BDF Prototype Target Operation, Removal and Autopsy Steps, 2021.
• Franqueira Ximenes, Rui; Bianchi, Laura; Buonocore, Luca Rosario; Perillo-Marcone, Antonio; Vlachoudis, Vasilis; Grenard, Jean-Louis; Lamont, Mike; Busom Descarrega, Josep; Fraser, Matthew; Zuccalli, Laurent; JACoW: CERN BDF Prototype Target Operation, Removal and Autopsy Steps, JACoW IPAC, 2021, 3559-3562, 2021, JACoW.
• Torregrosa Martin, Claudio Leopoldo; Calviani, Marco; Solieri, Nicola; Canhoto Espadanal, Joao; Perillo‐Marcone, Antonio; Ferriere, Romain; Fornasiere, Elvis; Busom Descarrega, Josep; Dickinson, Benjamin; First Prototypes of the New Design of the CERN’s Antiproton Production Target, Material Design & Processing Communications, e38, Wiley Online Library.
• Sola, E Lopez; Calviani, M; Avigni, P; Battistin, M; Descarrega, J Busom; Espadanal, J Canhoto; Fraser, MA; Gilardoni, S; Goddard, B; Grenier, D; Design of a high power production target for the Beam Dump Facility at CERN, Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, 22, 11, 113001, 2019, American Physical Society.
• Sola, E Lopez; Calviani, M; Aberle, O; Ahdida, C; Avigni, P; Battistin, M; Bianchi, L; Burger, S; Descarrega, J Busom; Espadanal, J Canhoto; Beam impact tests of a prototype target for the beam dump facility at CERN: Experimental setup and preliminary analysis of the online results, Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, 22, 12, 123001, 2019, American Physical Society.
• Ahdida, Claudia Christina; Busom Descarrega, Josep; Lopez Sola, Edmundo; Canhoto Espadanal, Joao Pedro; Vincke, Heinz; Casolino, Mirkoantonio; Vlachoudis, Vasilis; Grenard, Jean-Louis; Roesler, Stefan; Lamont, Mike; A Beam Dump Facility (BDF) at CERN–The Concept and a First Radiological Assessment, 2019.
• Ahdida, C; Alia, RG; Arduini, G; Arnalich, A; Avigni, P; Bardou, F; Battistin, M; Bauche, J; Brugger, M; Busom, J; SPS Beam Dump Facility–Comprehensive Design Study, arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.06356, 2019.
• Barnes, M.J.; Bjorkqvist, O.; Motschmann, F.; Impedance and Thermal Studies of the LHC Injection Kicker Magnet Upgrade, Proceedings of the 12th International Particle Accelerator Conference, 2021, DOI: 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-WEPAB345
  
• Vega Cid, L.; Abánades, A.; Barnes, M.J.; Mostchmann, F.; Vlachodimitropoulos, V.; Weterings, W.; Conception and design of a cooling system for the LHC injection kicker magnets Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 916, 2019, DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2018.11.007
  

Thin Films

• Gallifa Terricabras, A. (2019). Study of SnAg coatings on superconductor wires for new orbit corrector magnets of HL-LHC (CERN) (Master’s thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya).
• Ilyina, EA; Rosaz, Guillaume; Descarrega, Josep Busom; Vollenberg, Wilhelmus; Lunt, AJG; Leaux, Floriane; Calatroni, Sergio; Venturini-Delsolaro, W; Taborelli, Mauro; Development of sputtered Nb3Sn films on copper substrates for superconducting radiofrequency applications, Superconductor Science and Technology, 32, 3, 035002, 2019, IOP Publishing.
• Busom, J; Schreiber, A; Tolosa, A; Jäckel, N; Grobelsek, Ingrid; Peter, Nicolas J; Presser, Volker; Sputtering of sub-micrometer aluminum layers as compact, high-performance, light-weight current collector for supercapacitors, Journal of Power Sources, 329, 432-440, 2016, Elsevier.
• Rosaz, G.; Taborelli, M.; Leaux, F.; Mydlarz, Z.; Motschmann, F.; Calatroni, S.; Vollenberg, W.; Development of Nb3Sn-coatings by Magnetron Sputtering for SRF Cavities, Proceedings of 17th International Conference on RF Superconductivity, 2015, DOI: 10.18429/JACoW-SRF2015-TUPB051