The NuMI Hadronic Hose

Author

Ducar, R. ; Hylen, J. ; Jensen, C. ; May, M. ; Pushka, D. ; Smart, W. ; Walton, J. ; Messier, M. ; Garkusha, V. ; Novoskoltsev, F. ; Zarucheisky, V. ; Unel, G. ; Kopp, S. ; Kostin, M. ; Lyukov, A. ; Zwaska, R. ; Milburne, R.

Author_Institution

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

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1598

Abstract

The Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) beam supplies an intense ν_μ beam to the Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search (MINOS). The ν_μ´s are derived from a secondary π⁺ beam that is allowed to decay within a 675 in decay tunnel. We are developing a continuous toroidal magnetic focusing system, called the Hadronic Hose, to better steer this secondary beam. The Hose will both increase the net neutrino flux reaching the MINOS detectors and reduce systematic differences in the neutrino energy spectra at the two detectors due to solid angle acceptances

Keywords

neutrino oscillations; particle beam focusing; particle beam injection; proton accelerators; synchrotrons; MINOS; Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search; Neutrinos at the Main Injector; NuMI Hadronic Hose; continuous toroidal magnetic focusing system; intense neutrino_muon beam; net neutrino flux; neutrino energy spectra; Detectors; Hoses; Magnetic flux; Mesons; Neutrino sources; Physics; Protons; Solids; Tail; Toroidal magnetic fields;

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.2001.986760

Filename

986760