LAMPF II
We present a plan for two rapid-cycling synchrotrons - a 45-GeV, 40 ..mu..A proton synchrotron with a 9-GeV, 200-..mu..A booster. These machines can provide simultaneously 45-GeV slow-extracted beam for the production of kaons, antiprotons, and other secondary particles, and 9-GeV fast-extracted beam for neutrino and pulsed muon physics. The LAMPF II machines are compared with existing and proposed kaon factories. Relative to the Brookhaven AGS as it exists today, LAMPF II will provide 90 times as many neutrino events per year and 300 times as many kaons per year. Some design features of the LAMPF II accelerators that are important for reducing beam losses and increasing beam availability are discussed. Because of the large rf power and voltage required, an innovative design of the ferrite-tuned cavities is necessary. A commercially available Mg-Mn ferrite with perpendicular bias has been shown to raise the available ferrite Q by more than a factor of 10 when compared with materials now in use at other accelerators. The 45-GeV LAMPF II synchrotron would produce far more neutrinos, kaons, and antiprotons per unit cost than an upgraded conventional machine. The LAMPF II booster by itself, which can provide 100 ..mu..A at 12 GeV, is a very interesting option at moderate cost. 5 references, 4 figures, 2 tables.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 6504379
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-84-3007; CONF-841117-3; ON: DE85002043
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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