IPAC2012 - List of Authors (Barlow, R.J.)

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Thorium Energy Futures

29

S. Peggs, W. Horak, T. Roser
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
V.B. Ashley, R.F. Ashworth
Jacobs Engineering, Pasadena, USA
R.J. Barlow, R. Cywinski, R. Seviour
University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom
J.-L. Biarrotte
IPN, Orsay, France
S. Henderson
Fermilab, Batavia, USA
A. Hutton
JLAB, Newport News, Virginia, USA
J. Kelly
Thor Energy, Oslo, Norway
M. Lindroos
ESS, Lund, Sweden
P.M. McIntyre
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
A. Norlin
IThEO, Sweden
H.L. Owen
STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
G.T. Parks
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

The potential for thorium as an alternative or supplement to uranium in fission power generation has long been recognised, and several reactors, of various types, have already operated using thorium-based fuels. Accelerator Driven Subcritical (ADS) systems have benefits and drawbacks when compared to conventional critical thorium reactors, for both solid and molten salt fuels. None of the four options – liquid or solid, with or without an accelerator – can yet be rated as better or worse than the other three, given today's knowledge. We outline the research that will be necessary to lead to an informed choice.

Slides MOOBA01 [3.887 MB]

MOEPPB003

Status of the PRISM FFAG Design for the Next Generation Muon-to-Electron Conversion Experiment

79

J. Pasternak, A. Alekou, M. Aslaninejad, R. Chudzinski, L.J. Jenner, A. Kurup, Y. Shi, Y. Uchida
Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
R. Appleby, H.L. Owen
UMAN, Manchester, United Kingdom
R.J. Barlow
University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom
K.M. Hock, B.D. Muratori
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
D.J. Kelliher, S. Machida, C.R. Prior
STFC/RAL/ASTeC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
Y. Kuno, A. Sato
Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
J.-B. Lagrange, Y. Mori
Kyoto University, Research Reactor Institute, Osaka, Japan
M. Lancaster
UCL, London, United Kingdom
C. Ohmori
KEK, Tokai, Ibaraki, Japan
T. Planche
TRIUMF, Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Vancouver, Canada
S.L. Smith
STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
H. Witte
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
T. Yokoi
JAI, Oxford, United Kingdom

The PRISM Task Force continues to study high intensity and high quality muon beams needed for next generation lepton flavor violation experiments. In the PRISM case such beams have been proposed to be produced by sending a short proton pulse to a pion production target, capturing the pions and performing RF phase rotation on the resulting muon beam in an FFAG ring. This paper summarizes the current status of the PRISM design obtained by the Task Force. In particular various designs for the PRISM FFAG ring are discussed and their performance compared to the baseline one, the injection/extraction systems and matching to the solenoid channels upstream and downstream of the FFAG ring are presented. The feasibility of the construction of the PRISM system is discussed.

MOPPC080

Modeling Space Charge in an FFAG with Zgoubi

322

S.C. Tygier, R. Appleby, H.L. Owen
UMAN, Manchester, United Kingdom
R.J. Barlow
University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

The Zgoubi particle tracker uses a ray tracing algorithm that can accurately track particles with large offset from any reference momentum and trajectory, making it suitable for FFAGs. In high current FFAGs, for example an ADSR driver, space charge has a significant effect on the beam. A transverse space charge model was added to Zgoubi using the interface pyZgoubi. The magnets are sliced and a space charge kick is applied between each slice. Results are presented for an ADSR driver lattice.

THPPR061

Optimisation Studies of Accelerator Driven Fertile to Fissile Conversion Rates in Thorium Fuel Cycle

4112

C. Bungau, R.J. Barlow, R. Cywinski
University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

The need for proliferation-resistance, longer fuel cycles, higher burn up and improved waste form characteristics has led to a renewed worldwide interest in thorium-based fuels and fuel cycles. In this paper the GEANT4 Monte Carlo code has been used to simulate the Thorium-Uranium fuel cycle. The accelerator driven fertile to fissile conversion rates have been calculated for various geometries. Several new classes have been added by the authors to the GEANT4 simulation code, an extension which allows the state-of-the-art code to be used for the first time for nuclear reactor criticality calculations.

THPPR073

Target Studies for the Production of Lithium 8 for Neutrino Physics Using a Low Energy Cyclotron

4145

A. Bungau, R.J. Barlow
University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom
J.M. Conrad, J. Spitz
MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
M. Shaevitz
Columbia University, New York, USA

Lithium 8 is a short lived beta emitter producing a high energy anti-neutrino, which is very suitable for making several measurements of fundamental quantities. It is proposed to produce Lithium 8 with a commercially available 60 MeV cyclotron using protons or alpha particles on a Beryllium 9 target. We have used the GEANT4 program to model these processes, and calculate the antineutrino fluxes that could be obtained in a practical system. We also calculate the production of undesirable contaminants such as Boron 8, and show that these can be reduced to a very low level.

THPPR074

Simulations of Pion Production in the DAEδALUS Target

4148

A. Bungau, R.J. Barlow
University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom
J.M. Conrad, T. Smidt, J. Spitz
MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
M. Shaevitz
Columbia University, New York, USA

DAEδALUS, the Decay At-rest Experiment for δCP At the Laboratory for Underground Science will look for evidence of CP-violation in the neutrino sector, which may explain the matter/antimatter asymmetry in our universe. It will make precision measurements of oscillations of anti-muon neutrinos to anti-electron neutrinos using multiple neutrino sources created by low-cost compact cyclotrons. DAEδALUS will utilize a decay-at-rest neutrino beam produced by 800 MeV protons impacting a graphite target. Two well established Monte Carlo codes, MARS and GEANT4, have been used to optimize the design and the performance of the target. A benchmarking of the results obtained with these codes is also presented in this paper.

THPPR075

The UK MEIS Facility : A New Future

4151

R.J. Barlow
University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

The Medium Energy Ion Scattering facility at the Daresbury Laboratory, one of only ~10 such facilities in the world, has served the UK community since 1996. It provides a 50-400 keV ion beam and a very comprehensive experimental station where samples can be studied and the energies and angles of the recoil ions measured. It is now closing, but will be be relocated some 50 miles to the University of Huddersfield: it should be recommissioned and available to users in early 2012. We will report on progress, and on the facilities which will be available for users at the new site and under the new management.

THPPR076

Optimising Neutron Production From Compact Low Energy Accelerators

4154

N. Ratcliffe, R.J. Barlow, A. Bungau, R. Cywinski
University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom
T.R. Edgecock
STFC/RAL, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom

There is currently much development in accelerator based methods to provide flexible and reliable neutron generators, in response to a decline in the availability of nuclear reactors. In this paper the focus is on neutron production via a low energy DC proton accelerator (1-10 MeV) and light target system. GEANT4 simulations are being used to study various aspects of target design, beginning with studies into light targets, such as lithium and beryllium, which are already in use. Initially the aim is to replicate these designs and benchmark these simulations, with other models and experimental results, before investigating how modifications can improve neutron production and tailor experimental geometries to specific applications such as neutron capture therapy and medical isotope production.

Paper	Title	Page
MOOBA01	Thorium Energy Futures	29
	S. Peggs, W. Horak, T. Roser BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA V.B. Ashley, R.F. Ashworth Jacobs Engineering, Pasadena, USA R.J. Barlow, R. Cywinski, R. Seviour University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom J.-L. Biarrotte IPN, Orsay, France S. Henderson Fermilab, Batavia, USA A. Hutton JLAB, Newport News, Virginia, USA J. Kelly Thor Energy, Oslo, Norway M. Lindroos ESS, Lund, Sweden P.M. McIntyre Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA A. Norlin IThEO, Sweden H.L. Owen STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom G.T. Parks University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
	The potential for thorium as an alternative or supplement to uranium in fission power generation has long been recognised, and several reactors, of various types, have already operated using thorium-based fuels. Accelerator Driven Subcritical (ADS) systems have benefits and drawbacks when compared to conventional critical thorium reactors, for both solid and molten salt fuels. None of the four options – liquid or solid, with or without an accelerator – can yet be rated as better or worse than the other three, given today's knowledge. We outline the research that will be necessary to lead to an informed choice.
	Slides MOOBA01 [3.887 MB]

MOEPPB003	Status of the PRISM FFAG Design for the Next Generation Muon-to-Electron Conversion Experiment	79
	J. Pasternak, A. Alekou, M. Aslaninejad, R. Chudzinski, L.J. Jenner, A. Kurup, Y. Shi, Y. Uchida Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom R. Appleby, H.L. Owen UMAN, Manchester, United Kingdom R.J. Barlow University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom K.M. Hock, B.D. Muratori Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom D.J. Kelliher, S. Machida, C.R. Prior STFC/RAL/ASTeC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom Y. Kuno, A. Sato Osaka University, Osaka, Japan J.-B. Lagrange, Y. Mori Kyoto University, Research Reactor Institute, Osaka, Japan M. Lancaster UCL, London, United Kingdom C. Ohmori KEK, Tokai, Ibaraki, Japan T. Planche TRIUMF, Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Vancouver, Canada S.L. Smith STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom H. Witte BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA T. Yokoi JAI, Oxford, United Kingdom
	The PRISM Task Force continues to study high intensity and high quality muon beams needed for next generation lepton flavor violation experiments. In the PRISM case such beams have been proposed to be produced by sending a short proton pulse to a pion production target, capturing the pions and performing RF phase rotation on the resulting muon beam in an FFAG ring. This paper summarizes the current status of the PRISM design obtained by the Task Force. In particular various designs for the PRISM FFAG ring are discussed and their performance compared to the baseline one, the injection/extraction systems and matching to the solenoid channels upstream and downstream of the FFAG ring are presented. The feasibility of the construction of the PRISM system is discussed.

MOPPC080	Modeling Space Charge in an FFAG with Zgoubi	322
	S.C. Tygier, R. Appleby, H.L. Owen UMAN, Manchester, United Kingdom R.J. Barlow University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom
	The Zgoubi particle tracker uses a ray tracing algorithm that can accurately track particles with large offset from any reference momentum and trajectory, making it suitable for FFAGs. In high current FFAGs, for example an ADSR driver, space charge has a significant effect on the beam. A transverse space charge model was added to Zgoubi using the interface pyZgoubi. The magnets are sliced and a space charge kick is applied between each slice. Results are presented for an ADSR driver lattice.

THPPR061	Optimisation Studies of Accelerator Driven Fertile to Fissile Conversion Rates in Thorium Fuel Cycle	4112
	C. Bungau, R.J. Barlow, R. Cywinski University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom
	The need for proliferation-resistance, longer fuel cycles, higher burn up and improved waste form characteristics has led to a renewed worldwide interest in thorium-based fuels and fuel cycles. In this paper the GEANT4 Monte Carlo code has been used to simulate the Thorium-Uranium fuel cycle. The accelerator driven fertile to fissile conversion rates have been calculated for various geometries. Several new classes have been added by the authors to the GEANT4 simulation code, an extension which allows the state-of-the-art code to be used for the first time for nuclear reactor criticality calculations.

THPPR073	Target Studies for the Production of Lithium 8 for Neutrino Physics Using a Low Energy Cyclotron	4145
	A. Bungau, R.J. Barlow University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom J.M. Conrad, J. Spitz MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA M. Shaevitz Columbia University, New York, USA
	Lithium 8 is a short lived beta emitter producing a high energy anti-neutrino, which is very suitable for making several measurements of fundamental quantities. It is proposed to produce Lithium 8 with a commercially available 60 MeV cyclotron using protons or alpha particles on a Beryllium 9 target. We have used the GEANT4 program to model these processes, and calculate the antineutrino fluxes that could be obtained in a practical system. We also calculate the production of undesirable contaminants such as Boron 8, and show that these can be reduced to a very low level.

THPPR074	Simulations of Pion Production in the DAEδALUS Target	4148
	A. Bungau, R.J. Barlow University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom J.M. Conrad, T. Smidt, J. Spitz MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA M. Shaevitz Columbia University, New York, USA
	DAEδALUS, the Decay At-rest Experiment for δCP At the Laboratory for Underground Science will look for evidence of CP-violation in the neutrino sector, which may explain the matter/antimatter asymmetry in our universe. It will make precision measurements of oscillations of anti-muon neutrinos to anti-electron neutrinos using multiple neutrino sources created by low-cost compact cyclotrons. DAEδALUS will utilize a decay-at-rest neutrino beam produced by 800 MeV protons impacting a graphite target. Two well established Monte Carlo codes, MARS and GEANT4, have been used to optimize the design and the performance of the target. A benchmarking of the results obtained with these codes is also presented in this paper.

THPPR075	The UK MEIS Facility : A New Future	4151
	R.J. Barlow University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom
	The Medium Energy Ion Scattering facility at the Daresbury Laboratory, one of only ~10 such facilities in the world, has served the UK community since 1996. It provides a 50-400 keV ion beam and a very comprehensive experimental station where samples can be studied and the energies and angles of the recoil ions measured. It is now closing, but will be be relocated some 50 miles to the University of Huddersfield: it should be recommissioned and available to users in early 2012. We will report on progress, and on the facilities which will be available for users at the new site and under the new management.

THPPR076	Optimising Neutron Production From Compact Low Energy Accelerators	4154
	N. Ratcliffe, R.J. Barlow, A. Bungau, R. Cywinski University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom T.R. Edgecock STFC/RAL, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
	There is currently much development in accelerator based methods to provide flexible and reliable neutron generators, in response to a decline in the availability of nuclear reactors. In this paper the focus is on neutron production via a low energy DC proton accelerator (1-10 MeV) and light target system. GEANT4 simulations are being used to study various aspects of target design, beginning with studies into light targets, such as lithium and beryllium, which are already in use. Initially the aim is to replicate these designs and benchmark these simulations, with other models and experimental results, before investigating how modifications can improve neutron production and tailor experimental geometries to specific applications such as neutron capture therapy and medical isotope production.