New facilities and kaon factory designs for TRIUMF

Journal Article · Sun Jul 15 04:00:00 EDT 1979 · AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.32027· OSTI ID:5976215

Craddock, M K

The TRIUMF 520 MeV H/sup -/ cyclotron came into operation in December 1974 and first delivered a 100 ..mu..A beam in July 1977. Facilities recently commissioned include a second proton line for polarized and high resolution experiments (single turn extraction has been demonstrated at 200 MeV), a pion spectrometer, a 70/90 MeV proton beam for isotope production and a new slow (< or =130 MeV/c) pion/muon channel. Major projects under way include a high-resolution fast pion channel dc and rf separators to give purer stopping muon beams, and a time projection chamber.Further in the future are the possibilities of building a third (simultaneous) 400--500 MeV proton beam and high-flux muon and biomedical ..pi../sup -/ channels. More fascinating still is the possibility of elevating TRIUMF from a pion to a kaon factory, producing currents 100--1000 times more intense than those at present available in th GeV range. Two post-accelerator designs are being considered: a 30 ..mu..A rapid cycling 8--10 GeV proton synchrotron (which could in turn inject into a higher-energy machine) : and a 400 ..mu..A isochronous ring cyclotron built in two stages, the first to 3 GeV aNd the second to 8.5 GeV.

• Research Organization: University of British Columbia and TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1W5
• OSTI ID: 5976215
• Report Number(s): CONF-790347-
• Journal Information: AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States), Journal Name: AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States) Vol. 54:1; ISSN APCPC
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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