Upgrading the AGS to 1 MW proton beam power

Author

Brennan, M.J. ; Marneris, I. ; Roser, T. ; Ruggiero, A.G. ; Trbojevic, D. ; Zhang, S.Y.

Author_Institution

Brookhaven Nat. Lab., Upton, NY, USA

Volume

5

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

3266

Abstract

The Brookhaven Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (AGS) is a strong focusing accelerator that is used to accelerate protons and various heavy ion species to an equivalent proton energy of 29 GeV. At this energy the maximum intensity achieved is around 7×10¹³ protons per pulse. This corresponds to an average beam power of about 0.2 MW. Future programs in high-energy physics, as for instance a neutrino factory with the AGS as the proton driver, may require an upgrade of the AGS to an average beam power of 1 MW, at the energy of 24 GeV. This can be achieved with an increase of the beam intensity to 1×10¹⁴ protons per pulse, a 1.2-GeV superconducting linac as a new injector, and by upgrading the power supply and RF systems to allow cycling at 2.5 beam pulses per second

Keywords

accelerator RF systems; linear accelerators; power supplies to apparatus; proton accelerators; storage rings; synchrotrons; 1 MW; 1.2 GeV; 24 GeV; AGS; Alternating Gradient Synchrotron; RF systems; power supply; superconducting linac; Acceleration; Ion accelerators; Neutrino sources; Particle beam injection; Particle beams; Physics; Production facilities; Proton accelerators; Pulsed power supplies; Synchrotrons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7191-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2001.988079

Filename

988079