Status of Superconducting Traveling Wave Cavity for High Gradient Linac

The use of a travelling wave (TW) accelerating structure with a small phase advance per cell instead of standing wave may provide a significant increase of accelerating gradient in a superconducting linear accelerator. The TW section achieves an accelerating gradient 1.2-1.4 times larger than TESLA-shaped standing wave cavities for the same surface electric and magnetic fields. The final stage of a 3-cell superconducting travelling wave cavity development is presented. This cavity will be tested in travelling wave regime at cryogenic temperature.