Quasi-Isochronous Muon Capture

Conference · Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2009

OSTI ID:983999

Ankenbrandt, C; Cummings, M A.C.; Johnson, R P; Yoshikawa, C; Neuffer, D; Yonehara, K

Intense muon beams have many potential applications, including neutrino factories and muon colliders. However, muons are produced as tertiary beams, resulting in diffuse phase space distributions. To make useful beams, the muons must be rapidly cooled before they decay. An idea conceived recently for the collection and cooling of muon beams, namely, the use of a Quasi-Isochronous Helical Channel (QIHC) to facilitate capture of muons into RF buckets, has been developed further. The resulting distribution could be cooled quickly and coalesced into a single bunch to optimize the luminosity of a muon collider. After a brief elaboration of the QIHC concept, some recent developments are described.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 983999
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-CONF-09-163-APC; TRN: US1005221
• Resource Relation: Conference: Presented at Particle Accelerator Conference (PAC 09), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 4-8 May 2009
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
ACCELERATORS
DECAY
DISTRIBUTION
LUMINOSITY
MUON BEAMS
MUONS
NEUTRINOS
PHASE SPACE
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