The Muon Cooling RF R and D Program
- Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616 (United States)
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510 (United States)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne Illinois 60439 (United States)
- Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia 23606 (United States)
Cooling muon beams in flight requires absorbers to reduce the muon momentum, accelerating fields to replace the lost momentum in the longitudinal direction, and static solenoidal magnetic fields to focus the muon beams. The process is most efficient if both the magnetic fields and accelerating fields are high and the rf frequency is low. We have conducted tests to determine the operating envelope of high-gradient accelerating cavities in strong static magnetic fields. These studies have already produced useful information on dark currents, magnetic fields and breakdown in cavities. In addition to continuing our program at 805 MHz, we are starting to test a 201 MHz cavity and are planning to look at a variety of appropriate geometries and materials. In parallel with these activities, we are supporting R and D on models and surface structure.
- OSTI ID:
- 20798437
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 821, Issue 1; Conference: COOL05: International workshop on beam cooling and related topics, Galena, IL (United States), 18-23 Sep 2005; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2190148; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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