Rapid-cycling synchrotron with variable momentum compaction

Conference · Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010

OSTI ID:982852

Alexahin, Y; Summers, D J

There are conflicting requirements on the value of the momentum compaction factor during energy ramping in a synchrotron: at low energies it should be positive and sufficiently large to make the slippage factor small so that it is possible to work closer to the RF voltage crest and ensure sufficient RF bucket area, whereas at higher energies it should be small or negative to avoid transition crossing. In the present report we propose a lattice with a variable momentum compaction factor and consider the possibility of using it in a high repetition rate proton driver for a muon collider and neutrino factory.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 982852
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-CONF-10-121-APC; TRN: US1004314
• Resource Relation: Conference: Presented at 1st International Particle Accelerator Conference: IPAC'10, Kyoto, Japan, 23-28 May 2010
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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