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Title: SUPERCONDUCTING SOLENOIDS FOR THE MUON COLLIDER

Conference ·
OSTI ID:759051

The muon collider is a new idea for lepton colliders. The ultimate energy of an electron ring is limited by synchrotron radiation. Muons, which have a rest mass that is 200 times that of an electron can be stored at much higher energies before synchrotron radiation limits ring performance. The problem with muons is their short life time (2.1 {micro}s at rest). In order to operate a muon storage ring large numbers of muon must be collected, cooled and accelerated before they decay to an electron and two neutrinos. As the authors see it now, high field superconducting solenoids are an integral part of a muon collider muon production and cooling systems. This report describes the design parameters for superconducting and hybrid solenoids that are used for pion production and collection, RF phase rotations of the pions as they decay into muons and the muon cooling (reduction of the muon emittance) before acceleration.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-98CH10886
OSTI ID:
759051
Report Number(s):
BNL-67540; KA04; R&D Project: PO23; KA04; TRN: US0005231
Resource Relation:
Conference: 16TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MAGNET TECHNOLOGY, PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL (US), 09/26/1999--10/02/1999; Other Information: PBD: 12 Jun 2000
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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