Alternative Muon Front-end for the International Design Study (IDS)

Conference · Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Conf.Proc.C100523:3455-3457,2010

OSTI ID:984002

Alekou, A; Neuffer, D; Martini, M; Prior, G; Rogers, C; Stratakis, D; Yoshikawa, C; Zisman, M

We discuss alternative designs of the muon capture front end of the Neutrino Factory International Design Study (IDS). In the front end, a proton bunch on a target creates secondary pions that drift into a capture channel, decaying into muons. A sequence of RF cavities forms the resulting muon beams into strings of bunches of differing energies, aligns the bunches to (nearly) equal central energies, and initiates ionization cooling. This design is affected by limitations on accelerating gradients within magnetic fields. The effects of gradient limitations are explored, and mitigation strategies are presented.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 984002
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-CONF-10-254-APC
• Journal Information: Conf.Proc.C100523:3455-3457,2010, Journal Name: Conf.Proc.C100523:3455-3457,2010
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
ACCELERATORS
Accelerators
CAVITIES
DESIGN
IONIZATION
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MITIGATION
MUON BEAMS
MUONS
NEUTRINOS
PIONS
PROTONS
TARGETS