Control of Beam Losses in the Front End for the Neutrino Factory [electronic resource].
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- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Science, 2012.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Additional Creators:
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
United States. Department of Energy. Office of Science
United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information - Access Online:
- www.osti.gov
- Summary:
- In the Neutrino Factory and Muon Collider, muons are produced by firing high energy protons onto a target to produce pions. The pions decay to muons which are then accelerated. This method of pion production results in significant background from protons and electrons, which may result in heat deposition on superconducting materials and activation of the machine preventing manual handling. In this paper we discuss the design of a secondary particle handling system. The system comprises a solenoidal chicane that filters high momentum particles, followed by a proton absorber that reduces the energy of all particles, resulting in the rejection of low energy protons that pass through the solenoid chicane. We detail the design and optimization of the system and its integration with the rest of the muon front end.
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- Published through SciTech Connect.
05/01/2012.
"fermilab-conf-12-192-apc"
Conf.Proc.C1205201:223-225,2012
Presented at the 3rd International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC-2012), New Orleans, Louisiana, 20-25 May 2012.
Snopok, P.; Neuffer, D.V.; Rogers, C.T. - Funding Information:
- AC02-07CH11359
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