The R&D program for targetry at a neutrino factory

Author

McDonald, K.T. ; Brown, K.A. ; Finfrock, C.C. ; Gassner, D.M. ; Greene, G.A. ; Hanson, A.L. ; Kahn, S.A. ; King, B.J. ; Kirk, H.G. ; Ludewig, H. ; Palmer, R.B. ; Pendzick, A.F. ; Prigl, R. ; Samulyak, R. ; Scaduto, J. ; Simos, N. ; Thieberger, P. ; Tsang,

Author_Institution

Princeton Univ., NJ, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1586

Abstract

The need for intense muon beams for muon colliders and for neutrino factories based on muon storage rings leads to a concept of 1-4 MW proton beams incident a moving target that is inside a 20-T solenoid magnet, with a mercury jet as a preferred example. Novel technical issues for such a system include disruption of the mercury jet by the proton beam and distortion of the jet on entering the solenoid, as well as more conventional issues of materials lifetime and handling of activated materials in an intense radiation environment. As part of the R&D program of the Neutrino Factory and Muon Collider Collaboration, R&D effort related to targetry is being performed within the context of BNL E951, first results of which are discussed here and in other contributions to this conference

Keywords

accelerator magnets; linear accelerators; mercury (metal); nuclear bombardment targets; particle beam extraction; proton accelerators; proton beams; superconducting magnets; 1 to 4 MW; 20 T; BNL E951; Hg; activated material handling; activated material lifetime; intense muon beams; intense radiation environment; jet distortion; mercury jet; muon colliders; muon storage rings; neutrino factory; proton beams; solenoid magnet; targetry; Batteries; Colliding beam devices; Magnetic materials; Mesons; Muon colliders; Neutrino sources; Particle beams; Production facilities; Solenoids; Storage rings;

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.2001.986756

Filename

986756