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Title: Racetrack FFAG muon decay ring for nuSTORM with triplet focusing

Abstract

The neutrino beam produced from muons decaying in a storage ring would be an ideal tool for precise neutrino cross section measurements and the search for sterile neutrinos due to its precisely known flavour content and spectrum. In the proposed nuSTORM facility, pions would be directly injected into a racetrack storage ring, where the circulating muon beam would be captured. In this paper we show that a muon decay ring based on a racetrack scaling FFAG (Fixed Field Alternating Gradient) with triplet focusing structures is a very promising option with potential advantages over the FODO based solution. Finally, we discuss the ring concept, machine parameters, linear optics design, beam dynamics and the injection system.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [2]
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  1. Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States). Accelerator Physics Center; Imperial College, London (United Kingdom). Blackett Lab., Dept. of Physics
  2. Univ. of Manchester (United Kingdom). Cockcroft Inst.
  3. Imperial College, London (United Kingdom). Blackett Lab., Dept. of Physics; Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Oxford (United Kingdom). Rutherford Appleton Lab., ISIS Neutron Source
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Research Org.:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
OSTI Identifier:
1462106
Report Number(s):
arXiv:1806.02172; FERMILAB-PUB-18-232
Journal ID: ISSN 1748-0221; 1676609; TRN: US1902104
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11359
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Instrumentation
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 13; Journal Issue: 09; Journal ID: ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

Citation Formats

Lagrange, J. -B., Appleby, R. B., Garland, J. M., Pasternak, J., and Tygier, S. Racetrack FFAG muon decay ring for nuSTORM with triplet focusing. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1088/1748-0221/13/09/P09013.
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Lagrange, J. -B., Appleby, R. B., Garland, J. M., Pasternak, J., & Tygier, S. Racetrack FFAG muon decay ring for nuSTORM with triplet focusing. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/13/09/P09013
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Lagrange, J. -B., Appleby, R. B., Garland, J. M., Pasternak, J., and Tygier, S. Mon . "Racetrack FFAG muon decay ring for nuSTORM with triplet focusing". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/13/09/P09013. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1462106.
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@article{osti_1462106,
title = {Racetrack FFAG muon decay ring for nuSTORM with triplet focusing},
author = {Lagrange, J. -B. and Appleby, R. B. and Garland, J. M. and Pasternak, J. and Tygier, S.},
abstractNote = {The neutrino beam produced from muons decaying in a storage ring would be an ideal tool for precise neutrino cross section measurements and the search for sterile neutrinos due to its precisely known flavour content and spectrum. In the proposed nuSTORM facility, pions would be directly injected into a racetrack storage ring, where the circulating muon beam would be captured. In this paper we show that a muon decay ring based on a racetrack scaling FFAG (Fixed Field Alternating Gradient) with triplet focusing structures is a very promising option with potential advantages over the FODO based solution. Finally, we discuss the ring concept, machine parameters, linear optics design, beam dynamics and the injection system.},
doi = {10.1088/1748-0221/13/09/P09013},
journal = {Journal of Instrumentation},
number = 09,
volume = 13,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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Figure 1 Figure 1: Top view of the racetrack FFAG lattice (bottom left scheme). The top left scheme shows a zoom on the straight section and the right scheme a zoom on the arc section. $p$0, $p$min, and $p$max muon closed orbits are shown in red. Effective field boundaries with collimators aremore » shown in black.« less
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