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Title: Muon Acceleration Concepts for NuMAX: "Dual-use" Linac and "Dogbone" RLA

Abstract

In this paper, we summarize the current state of a concept for muon acceleration aimed at a future Neutrino Factory. The main thrust of these studies was to reduce the overall cost while maintaining performance by exploring the interplay between the complexity of the cooling systems and the acceptance of the accelerator complex. To ensure adequate survival for the short-lived muons, acceleration must occur at high average gradient. The need for large transverse and longitudinal acceptances drives the design of the acceleration system to an initially low RF frequency, e.g., 325 MHz, which is then increased to 650 MHz as the transverse size shrinks with increasing energy. High-gradient normal conducting RF cavities at these frequencies require extremely high peak-power RF sources. Hence superconducting RF (SRF) cavities are chosen. Finally, we consider two cost effective schemes for accelerating muon beams for a stageable Neutrino Factory: exploration of the so-called "dual-use" linac concept, where the same linac structure is used for acceleration of both H- and muons and, alternatively, an SRF-efficient design based on a multi-pass (4.5) "dogbone" RLA, extendable to multi-pass FFAG-like arcs.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1425793
Report Number(s):
JLAB-ACP-18-2667; DOE/OR/23177-4364
Journal ID: ISSN 1748-0221
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-06OR23177
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Instrumentation
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 13; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; beam dynamics; accelerator applications; accelerator modelling and simulations; multi-particle dynamics; single-particle dynamics; beam optics

Citation Formats

Bogacz, S. A. Muon Acceleration Concepts for NuMAX: "Dual-use" Linac and "Dogbone" RLA. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1088/1748-0221/13/02/P02002.
Bogacz, S. A. Muon Acceleration Concepts for NuMAX: "Dual-use" Linac and "Dogbone" RLA. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/13/02/P02002
Bogacz, S. A. Thu . "Muon Acceleration Concepts for NuMAX: "Dual-use" Linac and "Dogbone" RLA". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/13/02/P02002. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1425793.
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2018}
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