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MOPRI007 Design and Simulation of a High Intensity Muon Beam Production for Neutrino Experiments. 589
 
  • H. K. Sayed, H.G. Kirk, R.B. Palmer, D. Stratakis
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
  • K.T. McDonald
    PU, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
  • D.V. Neuffer
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
 
  The production process of pions which then decay into muons, yields a muon beam with large transverse and longitudinal emittances. Such beam requires phase space manipulation to reduce the total 6D emittance before it could go through any acceleration stage. The design of the muon beam manipulation is based on Neutrino Factory front end design. In this study we report on a multi objective - multivariable global optimization of the front end using parallel genetic algorithm. The parallel optimization algorithm and the optimization strategy will be discussed and the optimized results will be presented as well.  
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TUPRI008 Target System Concept for a Muon Collider/Neutrino Factory 1568
 
  • K.T. McDonald
    PU, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
  • X.P. Ding
    UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • V.B. Graves
    ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
  • H.G. Kirk, H. K. Sayed, D. Stratakis
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
  • N. Souchlas, R.J. Weggel
    Particle Beam Lasers, Inc., Northridge, California, USA
 
  A concept is presented for a Target System in a staged scenario for a Neutrino Factory and eventual Muon Collider, with emphasis on initial operation with a 6.75 GeV proton beam of 1 MW power, and 50 Hz of pulses 3-ns long. A radiation cooled graphite target will be used in the initial configuration, with an option to replace this with a free-liquid-metal-jet target should 4-MW beam power become available at a later stage.  
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WEZA02 A Staged Muon Accelerator Facility for Neutrino and Collider Physics 1872
 
  • J.-P. Delahaye
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
  • C.M. Ankenbrandt, S. Brice, A.D. Bross, D.S. Denisov, E. Eichten, S.D. Holmes, R.J. Lipton, D.V. Neuffer, M.A. Palmer
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
  • S.A. Bogacz
    JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
  • P. Huber
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
  • D.M. Kaplan, P. Snopok
    Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • H.G. Kirk, R.B. Palmer
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
  • R.D. Ryne
    LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by the U.S. Dept. of Energy under contracts DE-AC02-07CH11359 and DE-AC02-76SF00515
Muon-based facilities offer unique potential to provide capabilities at both the Intensity Frontier with Neutrino Factories and the Energy Frontier with Muon Colliders. They rely on a novel technology with challenging parameters, for which the feasibility is currently being evaluated by the Muon Accelerator Program (MAP). A realistic scenario for a complementary series of staged facilities with increasing complexity and significant physics potential at each stage has been developed. It takes advantage of and leverages the capabilities already planned for Fermilab, especially the strategy for long-term improvement of the accelerator complex being initiated with the Proton Improvement Plan (PIP-II) and the Long Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF). Each stage is designed to provide an R&D platform to validate the technologies required for subsequent stages. The rationale and sequence of the staging process and the critical issues to be addressed at each stage, are presented.
 
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THPRI087 Magnet Design for the Target System of a Muon Collider/Neutrino Factory 3976
 
  • R.J. Weggel
    Particle Beam Lasers, Inc., Northridge, California, USA
  • V.B. Graves
    ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
  • H.G. Kirk
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
  • K.T. McDonald
    PU, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
 
  The Target System and Pion Decay Channel for a Muon Collider/Neutrino Factory utilizes a string of solenoid magnet to capture and transport the low-energy pions whose decay provides the desired muon beams. The magnetic field strength at the target is 15-20 T, "tapering" down to 1.5-3 T in the Decay Channel. The superconducting coils which produce these fields must have substantial inner radius to accommodate internal shielding against radiation damage by secondary particles. A significant fraction of the primary beam energy is transported into the Decay Channel via protons, and the Decay Channel includes a magnetic chicane to provide a beam dump for these. The design of the various coils in this scenario is reported.  
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THPRI088 Energy Deposition in the Target System of a Muon Collider/Neutrino Factory 3979
 
  • K.T. McDonald
    PU, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
  • V.B. Graves
    ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
  • H.G. Kirk
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
  • N. Souchlas, R.J. Weggel
    Particle Beam Lasers, Inc., Northridge, California, USA
 
  Most of the energy of the primary proton beam of Muon Collider/Neutrino Factory would be deposited in the superconducting coils that provide a solenoid-magnet transport channel for secondary particles, unless those coils are protected by massive internal shielding. Studies are reported of energy deposition in such shielding, with the goal of permitting 10 years operational life at 4-MW beam power. The graphite target should be able to withstand the "thermal shock" induced by the pulsed beam; further study is needed to confirm this.  
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THPRI089 Carbon Target Optimization for a Muon Collier/neutrino Factory With a 6.75 GeV Proton Driver 3982
 
  • X.P. Ding
    UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • H.G. Kirk
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
  • K.T. McDonald
    PU, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
 
  The first phase of a Muon Collider/Neutrino Factory program may use a 6.75-GeV proton driver with beam power of only 1 MW. At this lower power it is favorable to use a graphite target (replaced quarterly) with beam and target tilted slightly to the axis of the 15-20 T pion-capture solenoid around the target. The low-energy proton beam is significantly deflected by the magnetic field, requiring careful optimization, reported here, of the beam/target configuration.  
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