The Fermilab main injector
Fermilab has proposed the construction of a new 150 GeV accelerator called the Main Injector. This accelerator will replace the existing Main Ring in all its functions. The Main Injector is expected to perform at a significantly higher level than the Main Ring as measured either in protons delivered per cycle, protons delivered per second, or transmission efficiency. It is anticipated that following construction of this machine the antiproton production rate at Fermilab will exceed 1 /times/ 10/sup 11/ /bar p//hour and that a luminosity in excess of 5 /times/ 10/sup 31/ cm/sup /minus/1/ will be supported in the existing collider. Additional benefits accruing from this accelerator include reduction of backgrounds at the collider detectors, potential development of a third interaction region in the Tevatron, and the availability of slow extracted 120 GeV beams year around. Design criteria and parameters of the Main Injector will be discussed. 1 fig., 3 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03000
- OSTI ID:
- 5824079
- Report Number(s):
- FNAL/C-89/183; CONF-890803-14; ON: DE89017884
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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