Recirculating Linac Accelerators For Future Muon Facilities

Conference · Sun Apr 01 04:00:00 EDT 2012 · AIP Conf. Proc.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3688840· OSTI ID:1040850

Neutrino Factories (NF) and Muon Colliders (MC) require rapid acceleration of shortlived muons to multi-GeV and TeV energies. A Recirculating Linear Accelerator (RLA) that uses superconducting RF structures can provide exceptionally fast and economical acceleration to the extent that the focusing range of the RLA quadrupoles allows each muon to pass several times through each high-gradient cavity. A new concept of rapidly changing the strength of the RLA focusing quadrupoles as the muons gain energy is being developed to increase the number of passes that each muon will make in the RF cavities, leading to greater cost effectiveness. We discuss the optics and technical requirements for RLA designs, using RF cavities capable of simultaneous acceleration of both m+ and m- species. The design will include the optics for the multi-pass linac and droplet-shaped return arcs.

• Research Organization: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-06OR23177
• OSTI ID: 1040850
• Report Number(s): JLAB-ACP-11-1442; DOE/OR/23177-1841
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AIP Conf. Proc. Journal Volume: 1423
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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OPTICS
QUADRUPOLES