Superconducting racetrack booster for the ion complex of MEIC
- Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna (Russian Federation); Moscow Inst. of Physics and Technology (MIPT), Moscow (Russian Federation)
- Science and Technique Laboratory 'Zaryad', 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna (Russian Federation)
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
The current design of the Medium-energy Electron-Ion Collider (MEIC) project at Jefferson lab features a single 8 GeV/c figure-8 booster based on super-ferric magnets. Reducing the circumference of the booster by switching to a racetrack design may improve its performance by limiting the space charge effect and lower its cost. We consider problems of preserving proton and deuteron polarizations in a superconducting racetrack booster. We show that using magnets based on hollow high-current NbTi composite superconducting cable similar to those designed at JINR for the Nuclotron guarantees preservation of the ion polarization in a racetrack booster up to 8 GeV/c. The booster operation cycle would be a few seconds that would improve the operating efficiency of the MEIC ion complex.
- Research Organization:
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC05-06OR23177; AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 1237965
- Report Number(s):
- JLAB-ACP-16-2150; DOE/OR/23177-3676
- Journal Information:
- J.Phys.Conf.Ser., Vol. 678, Issue 1; Conference: D-SPIN 2015, 8-12 September 2015, Dubna, Russia
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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