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TUP109 | Large Acceptance Linac for Muon Acceleration | 665 |
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Muon accelerators are studied for future neutrino factory and muon colliders (NF/MC). On the other hand, a compact muon accelerator can be applicable to muon radiography which is a promising probe to investigate large objects. We worked on simulation studies on a compact muon linear accelerator. The designed linac has a large energy and a phase acceptance to capture lower energy pion/muon (10 - 100 MeV) than the NF/MC scenario and accelerates them to 200 MeV without any beam cooling. Our current design adopts 805 MHz zero-mode normal-conducting cavities with 35 MV/m peak field*. The superconducting solenoids are used to provide 5-T focusing field on the normal conducting cavities. We developed a Monte Carlo simulations code to optimize linac parameters. Muon energy loss and scattering effects at the aperture windows are included, too. The simulation showed that about 10 % of the pion/muon injected into the linac can be accelerated to 200 MeV. Further acceleration can be done with superconducting linac. * S. Kurennoy et al., IPAC 2010. |