Improvement Plans of Fermilab’s Proton Accelerator Complex
Abstract
The flagship of Fermilab's long term research program is the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), located Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, South Dakota, which will study neutrino oscillations with a baseline of 1300 km. The neutrinos will be produced in the Long Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF), a proposed new beam line from Fermilab's Main Injector. The physics goals of the DUNE require a proton beam with a power of some 2.4 MW at 120 GeV, which is roughly four times the current maximum power. Here I discuss current performance of the Fermilab proton accelerator complex, our plans for construction of the SRF proton linac as key part of the Proton Improvement Plan-II (PIP-II), outline the main challenges toward multi-MW beam power operation of the Fermilab accelerator complex and the staged plan to achieve the required performance over the next 15 years.
- Authors:
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- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1339124
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-CONF-16-321-APC
Journal ID: ISSN 1742-6588; 1507030
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Physics. Conference Series
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 888; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1742-6588
- Publisher:
- IOP Publishing
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
Citation Formats
Shiltsev, Vladimir. Improvement Plans of Fermilab’s Proton Accelerator Complex. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/888/1/012043.
Shiltsev, Vladimir. Improvement Plans of Fermilab’s Proton Accelerator Complex. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/888/1/012043
Shiltsev, Vladimir. Fri .
"Improvement Plans of Fermilab’s Proton Accelerator Complex". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/888/1/012043. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1339124.
@article{osti_1339124,
title = {Improvement Plans of Fermilab’s Proton Accelerator Complex},
author = {Shiltsev, Vladimir},
abstractNote = {The flagship of Fermilab's long term research program is the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), located Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, South Dakota, which will study neutrino oscillations with a baseline of 1300 km. The neutrinos will be produced in the Long Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF), a proposed new beam line from Fermilab's Main Injector. The physics goals of the DUNE require a proton beam with a power of some 2.4 MW at 120 GeV, which is roughly four times the current maximum power. Here I discuss current performance of the Fermilab proton accelerator complex, our plans for construction of the SRF proton linac as key part of the Proton Improvement Plan-II (PIP-II), outline the main challenges toward multi-MW beam power operation of the Fermilab accelerator complex and the staged plan to achieve the required performance over the next 15 years.},
doi = {10.1088/1742-6596/888/1/012043},
journal = {Journal of Physics. Conference Series},
number = 1,
volume = 888,
place = {United States},
year = {2017},
month = {9}
}