Low-budget muon source

Author

Balbekov, V.I. ; Mokhov, N.V.

Author_Institution

Fermi Nat. Accel. Lab., Batavia, IL, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1553

Abstract

Generation of muon beams with protons on a current-carrying target followed by a lithium lens and a quadrupole decay channel is considered. A 8 GeV proton beam from the Fermilab Booster is used to provide a muon beam for the MUCOOL experiment for ionization cooling demonstration. The proposed scheme can also be used to create muon beams with a fraction of a 1 GeV proton beam of the Spallation Neutron Source. Monte Carlo simulations of the entire system are performed. For both cases optimization of the target and matching lithium lens is done. It is shown that such a set followed by an inexpensive decay channel based on quadrupole magnets with and without RF cavities provides a rather intense bunched muon beam

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; accelerator RF systems; accelerator cavities; accelerator magnets; cooling; high energy physics instrumentation computing; ion optics; muons; particle beam bunching; particle sources; proton accelerators; proton beams; synchrotrons; 1 GeV; 8 GeV; Fermilab booster; Li; MUCOOL experiment; Monte Carlo simulations; SNS; Spallation Neutron Source; current-carrying target; intense bunched muon beam; ionization cooling demonstration; lithium lens; muon beam generation; muon source; optimal matching; proton beam; quadrupole decay channel; quadrupole magnets; radiofrequency cavities; Cooling; Ionization; Lenses; Lithium; Magnets; Mesons; Muon colliders; Neutrons; Particle beams; Protons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

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

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7191-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2001.986745

Filename

986745