THE PRIMARY TARGET FACILITY FOR A NEUTRINO FACTORY BASED ON MUON BEAMS.

HASSENEIN, A; KAHN, S A; KING, B J; KIRK, H G; LUDEWIG, H; PALMER, R B; PEARSON, C E; SAMULYAK, R; SIMOS, N; STUMER, I; THIEBERGER, P; WEGGEL, R J

Title: THE PRIMARY TARGET FACILITY FOR A NEUTRINO FACTORY BASED ON MUON BEAMS.

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Neutrino beams from the decay of muons in a storage ring offer the prospect of very high flux, well-understood spectra, and equal numbers of electron and muon neutrinos, as desirable for detailed exploration of neutrino oscillations via long baseline detectors [1]. Such beams require. large numbers of muons, and hence a high performance target station at which a 1-4 MW proton beam of 16-24 GeV impinges on a compact target, all inside a high field solenoid channel to capture as much of the phase volume of soft pions as possible. A first concept was based on a carbon target, as reported in 2000 the Neutrino Factory Study-I [2]. A higher performance option based on a free mercury jet has been studied in 2001 as part of the Neutrino Factory Feasibility Study-II [3,4]. An overview of a mercury jet target facility is presented here, including requirements, design concept and summaries of simulated performance. Further details are presented in related papers at this conference.

Authors:: HASSENEIN, A; KAHN, S A; KING, B J; KIRK, H G; LUDEWIG, H; PALMER, R B; PEARSON, C E; SAMULYAK, R; SIMOS, N; STUMER, I; THIEBERGER, P; WEGGEL, R J

Publication Date:: Mon Jun 18 00:00:00 EDT 2001

Research Org.:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)

OSTI Identifier:: 789443

Report Number(s):: BNL-68736; KA04
R&D Project: PO23; KA04; TRN: US0111377

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-98CH10886

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: PARTICLE ACCELERATOR CONFERENCE 2001, CHICAGO, IL (US), 06/18/2001--06/22/2001; Other Information: PBD: 18 Jun 2001

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; MUON BEAMS; MUON NEUTRINOS; NEUTRINO BEAMS; NEUTRINO OSCILLATION; PROTON BEAMS; STORAGE RINGS; TARGETS; ELECTRON NEUTRINOS; MERCURY; DESIGN

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                    HASSENEIN, A, KAHN, S A, KING, B J, KIRK, H G, LUDEWIG, H, PALMER, R B, PEARSON, C E, SAMULYAK, R, SIMOS, N, STUMER, I, THIEBERGER, P, WEGGEL, R J, and ET AL. THE PRIMARY TARGET FACILITY FOR A NEUTRINO FACTORY BASED ON MUON BEAMS..  United States: N. p., 2001. 
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                    HASSENEIN, A, KAHN, S A, KING, B J, KIRK, H G, LUDEWIG, H, PALMER, R B, PEARSON, C E, SAMULYAK, R, SIMOS, N, STUMER, I, THIEBERGER, P, WEGGEL, R J, & ET AL. THE PRIMARY TARGET FACILITY FOR A NEUTRINO FACTORY BASED ON MUON BEAMS..  United States.

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                    HASSENEIN, A, KAHN, S A, KING, B J, KIRK, H G, LUDEWIG, H, PALMER, R B, PEARSON, C E, SAMULYAK, R, SIMOS, N, STUMER, I, THIEBERGER, P, WEGGEL, R J, and ET AL. 2001.  
        "THE PRIMARY TARGET FACILITY FOR A NEUTRINO FACTORY BASED ON MUON BEAMS.".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/789443.

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