Challenges to the Fermilab linac and Booster accelerators

Author

Webber, R.

Author_Institution

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

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

2581

Abstract

A report on the challenges confronting the Fermilab Linac and Booster accelerators is presented. Plans to face those challenges are discussed. Historically, the Linac/Booster system has served only as an injector for the relatively low repetition rate Main Ring synchrotron. With construction of an 8 GeV target station for the 5 Hz MiniBooNE neutrino beam and requirements for rapid multi-batch injection into the Main Injector for the NUMI/MINOS experiment, the demand for 8 GeV protons will increase more than an order of magnitude above recent high levels. To meet this challenge, enhanced ion source performance, better Booster orbit control, a beam loss collimation/localization system, and improved diagnostics are among the items being pursued. Booster beam loss reduction and control are key to the entire near future Fermilab high energy physics program

Keywords

beam handling equipment; booster injectors; ion optics; particle beam bunching; particle beam diagnostics; particle beam stability; proton accelerators; proton beams; synchrotrons; 5 Hz; 8 GeV; Booster orbit control; Fermilab Booster accelerator; Fermilab linear accelerator; Main Ring synchrotron; MiniBooNE neutrino beam; NUMI/MINOS experiment; beam loss collimation system; beam loss localization system; booster beam loss reduction; diagnostics; ion source performance; low repetition rate; rapid multibatch injection; target station; Acceleration; Ion sources; Linear particle accelerator; Neutrino sources; Particle beam injection; Particle beams; Performance loss; Protons; Structural beams; 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.2001.987838

Filename

987838