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Title: Progress and status of the AGS Booster project

Conference ·
OSTI ID:5609983
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  1. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)

New physics opportunities, such as: rare K-decay, neutrino and heavy ion physics demand that a rapid-cycling high vacuum and high intensity Booster be built for the AGS at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The circumference of the Booster ring is one-quarter that of the AGS. Three modes of operation for various particles are envisioned. For unpolarized protons, four Booster pulses would be injected at a 7.5 Hz repetition rate within a 400 ms flat bottom of the AGS, enabling the present 1.5 {times} 10{sup 13} ppp to be increased to 6 {times} 10{sup 13} ppp. The protons would be accelerated to 1.5 GeV although the bending capability provided for heavy ions would eventually allow protons to be accelerated to 2.5 GeV. For heavy ions the rep rates is about 1 Hz and only one pulse would be injected into the AGS. For polarized protons 20 or so pulses can be stored in the Booster ring before injecting them into the AGS. Provisions for mixed modes of operation into a super cycle has been provided for future needs. In this paper, the lattice design and magnet characteristics will be briefly reviewed and major design issues will be discussed and design choices explained. Finally, the construction status and schedule will be presented. 9 refs., 3 figs.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE/ER
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH00016
OSTI ID:
5609983
Report Number(s):
BNL-43280; CONF-890803-34; ON: DE90001262; TRN: 89-027675
Resource Relation:
Conference: International conference on high energy accelerators, Tsukuba (Japan), 20-26 Aug 1989
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English