Memorandum of Understanding for the 2010-2011 Meson Test Beam Program T-994: JASMIN in the Meson Test Beam

Technical Report · Fri Nov 13 04:00:00 EST 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2521999· OSTI ID:2521999

Nakashima, Hiroshi ^[1]

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1. Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tokai (Japan)

This is a memorandum of understanding between the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) and Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) experimenters who have committed to participate in beam tests to be carried out during the 2010-2011 Meson Test Beam Facility program. The memorandum is intended solely for the purpose of providing a budget estimate and a work allocation for Fermi1ab, the funding agencies and the participating institutions. It reflects an arrangement that currently is satisfactory to the parties; however, it is recognized and anticipated that changing circumstances of the evolving research program will necessitate revisions. The parties agree to negotiate the appropriate amendments to this memorandum if adjustments are required. The experimenters require beam time at Fermilab during the 2010-2011 Meson Test Beam Run to perform a precise measurement of secondary particles and activation of materials irradiated by high energy particles. This measurement will provide basic data for radiation safety design of high energy accelerators. The data will be used for validation of high energy multi-particle transport codes that are widely used for radiation safety design at high energy accelerators. The JASMIN Collaboration has already performed measurements of activation and secondary particles at the pbar vault and NuMI alcoves at Fermilab. The groups from JAEA and Fermilab have been supported by grant-aid of the Ministry of Education Science and Culture in Japan to perform data taking at the Fermilab Meson Test Beam Facility. The continued experiments at the pbar vault and NuMI alcoves after April 2009 are outlined in a separate MOU T993. The new measurements using the Meson Test Beam Facility (MTest) have as their purpose to obtain basic nuclear data and to develop instrumental techniques for characterization of particle fields of protons, neutrons, muons, etc. The data taken at MTest, in contrast to the data taken at pbar and NuMI, play an important role to the check validity of secondary particle generation models without the effect from attenuation.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tokai (Japan)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
• DOE Contract Number: 89243024CSC000002
• OSTI ID: 2521999
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-PROPOSAL--0994; oai:inspirehep.net:879257
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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