| | This paper provides an overview of currently planned
high-intensity proton accelerators. While for high energies
(>10 GeV) synchrotrons remain the preferred tools
to produce high-intensity beams, recent years have seen
an impressive development of linac-based lower-energy
(<8 GeV) high-intensity proton drivers for spallation
sources, accelerator driven systems (ADS), production of
Radioactive Ion Beams (RIB) and various neutrino applications
(beta-beam, superbeam, neutrino factory). This paper
discusses the optimum machine types for the various
beam requirements and uses a range of projects, which are
likely to be realised within the coming decade, to illustrate
the different approaches to reach high average beam power
with the application-specific time structure. Only machines
with a beam power above 100kW are considered. | |
