Meson Production Simulations for a Mercury Jet Target

Journal Article · Tue Mar 30 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3399334· OSTI ID:21367098

Ding, X; Cline, D ^[1]; Kirk, H; Berg, J S ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095 (United States)
2. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973 (United States)

A study of target parameters for a high-power, liquid mercury jet target system for a neutrino factory or muon collider is presented. Using the MARS15 code, we simulate particle production initiated by incoming protons below the jet with kinetic energies between 2 and 100 GeV. For each proton beam energy, we maximize production by varying the geometric parameters of the target: the mercury jet radius, the incoming proton beam angle, and the crossing angle between the mercury jet and the proton beam. With an 8 GeV proton beam, we study the variation of meson production with the direction of the proton beam relative to the jet.

• OSTI ID: 21367098
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1222, Issue 1; Conference: NuFact09: 11. international workshop on neutrino factories, superbeams and beta beams, Chicago, IL (United States), 20-25 Jul 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3399334; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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