Cost-effective design for a neutrino factory

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2006 · Physical Review Special Topics AB

OSTI ID:876420

Bogacz, Alex

There have been active efforts in the U.S., Europe, and Japan on the design of a neutrino factory. This type of facility produces intense beams of neutrinos from the decay of muons in a high-energy storage ring. In the U.S., a second detailed feasibility study (FS2) for a neutrino factory was completed in 2001. Since that report was published, new ideas in bunching, cooling, and acceleration of muon beams have been developed. We have incorporated these ideas into a new facility design, which we designate as study 2B (ST2B), that should lead to significant cost savings over the FS2 design.

• Research Organization: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE - Office of Energy Research (ER)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84ER40150
• OSTI ID: 876420
• Report Number(s): JLAB-ACP-06-467; DOE/ER/40150-3761; TRN: US0601195
• Journal Information: Physical Review Special Topics AB, Vol. 9
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
ACCELERATION
DECAY
DESIGN
MUON BEAMS
MUONS
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