Racetrack FFAG muon decay ring for nuSTORM with triplet focusing

Lagrange, J. -B.; Appleby, R. B.; Garland, J. M.; Pasternak, J.; Tygier, S.

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/13/09/P09013

Title: Racetrack FFAG muon decay ring for nuSTORM with triplet focusing

Journal Article · Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Journal of Instrumentation

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/13/09/P09013· OSTI ID:1462106

Lagrange, J. -B. ^[1]; Appleby, R. B. ^[2]; Garland, J. M. ^[2]; Pasternak, J. ^[3]; Tygier, S. ^[2]

Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States). Accelerator Physics Center; Imperial College, London (United Kingdom). Blackett Lab., Dept. of Physics
Univ. of Manchester (United Kingdom). Cockcroft Inst.
Imperial College, London (United Kingdom). Blackett Lab., Dept. of Physics; Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Oxford (United Kingdom). Rutherford Appleton Lab., ISIS Neutron Source

The neutrino beam produced from muons decaying in a storage ring would be an ideal tool for precise neutrino cross section measurements and the search for sterile neutrinos due to its precisely known flavour content and spectrum. In the proposed nuSTORM facility, pions would be directly injected into a racetrack storage ring, where the circulating muon beam would be captured. In this paper we show that a muon decay ring based on a racetrack scaling FFAG (Fixed Field Alternating Gradient) with triplet focusing structures is a very promising option with potential advantages over the FODO based solution. Finally, we discuss the ring concept, machine parameters, linear optics design, beam dynamics and the injection system.

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Research Organization:: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359

OSTI ID:: 1462106

Report Number(s):: arXiv:1806.02172; FERMILAB-PUB-18-232; 1676609; TRN: US1902104

Journal Information:: Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 13, Issue 09; ISSN 1748-0221

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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