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Title: Negative particle planar and axial channeling and channeling collimation

Conference ·
OSTI ID:971689

While information exists on high energy negative particle channeling there has been little study of the challenges of negative particle bending and channeling collimation. Partly this is because negative dechanneling lengths are relatively much shorter. Electrons are not particularly useful for investigating negative particle channeling effects because their material interactions are dominated by channeling radiation. Another important factor is that the current central challenge in channeling collimation is the proton-proton Large Hadron Collider (LHC) where both beams are positive. On the other hand in the future the collimation question might reemerge for electon-positron or muon colliders. Dechanneling lengths increase at higher energies so that part of the negative particle experimental challenge diminishes. In the article different approaches to determining negative dechanneling lengths are reviewed. The more complicated case for axial channeling is also discussed. Muon channeling as a tool to investigate dechanneling is also discussed. While it is now possible to study muon channeling it will probably not illuminate the study of negative dechanneling.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
971689
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-CONF-09-618-AD; arXiv eprint number arXiv:1002.0359; TRN: US1001251
Resource Relation:
Conference: Presented at Channeling 2008: Charged and Neutral Particles Channeling Phenomena, Erice, Sicily, Italy, 25 Oct - 1 Nov 2008
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English