IPAC2013 - List of Authors (Prior, G.)

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TUPFI018	A Simplified Magnetic Field Tapering and Target Optimisation for the Neutrino Factory Capture System	1370
	I. Efthymiopoulos, S.S. Gilardoni, O.M. Hansen, G. Prior CERN, Geneva, Switzerland O.M. Hansen University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway G. Prior University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
	In the Neutrino Factory, a 4 MW proton beam with a kinetic energy between 5 and 15 GeV interacts with a liquid mercury jet target in order to produce pions that will decay to muons, which in turn decay to neutrinos. The baseline-capturing layout consists of a series of solenoids producing a tapered magnetic field from 20 T, near the target, down to 1.5 T at the entrance of the drift section where the captured pions decay into muons to produce a useful beam for the machine. In our alternative layout the magnetic field is rapidly squeezed from 20 T to 1.5T using only three solenoids. This layout showed to produce similar performance, having the advantage being simpler and could potentially be made more robust to radiation. Here we report on further optimization studies taking into account the complete path and shape fluctuations of the Hg-jet.

TUPFI019	Magnet Misalignment Studies for the Front-end of the Neutrino Factory	1373
	G. Prior, I. Efthymiopoulos CERN, Geneva, Switzerland D.V. Neuffer, P. Snopok Fermilab, Batavia, USA C.T. Rogers STFC/RAL/ASTeC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom D. Stratakis BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
	In the Neutrino Factory Front-End the muon beam coming from the interaction of a high-power (4 MW) proton beam on a mercury jet target, is transformed through a buncher, a phase rotator and an ionization cooling channel before entering the downstream acceleration system. The muon Front-End channel is densely packed with solenoid magnets, normal conducting radio-frequency cavities and absorber windows (for the cooling section). The tolerance to the misalignment of the different components has to be determined in order on one hand to set the limits beyond which the performance of the Front-End channel would be degraded; on the other hand to optimize the design and assembly of the Front-End cells such that the component alignment can be checked and corrected for where crucial for the performance of the channel. In this paper we will show the results of the simulations of the Front-End channel performance where different components such as magnets, cavities have been randomly shifted or rotated. Detailed simulations have been done in G4BeamLine. T. J. Roberts et al. G4BeamLine 2.06 (2010) http://g4beamline.muonsinc.com/

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A Simplified Magnetic Field Tapering and Target Optimisation for the Neutrino Factory Capture System

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I. Efthymiopoulos, S.S. Gilardoni, O.M. Hansen, G. Prior
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
O.M. Hansen
University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
G. Prior
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

In the Neutrino Factory, a 4 MW proton beam with a kinetic energy between 5 and 15 GeV interacts with a liquid mercury jet target in order to produce pions that will decay to muons, which in turn decay to neutrinos. The baseline-capturing layout consists of a series of solenoids producing a tapered magnetic field from 20 T, near the target, down to 1.5 T at the entrance of the drift section where the captured pions decay into muons to produce a useful beam for the machine. In our alternative layout the magnetic field is rapidly squeezed from 20 T to 1.5T using only three solenoids. This layout showed to produce similar performance, having the advantage being simpler and could potentially be made more robust to radiation. Here we report on further optimization studies taking into account the complete path and shape fluctuations of the Hg-jet.

TUPFI019

Magnet Misalignment Studies for the Front-end of the Neutrino Factory

1373

G. Prior, I. Efthymiopoulos
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
D.V. Neuffer, P. Snopok
Fermilab, Batavia, USA
C.T. Rogers
STFC/RAL/ASTeC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
D. Stratakis
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA

In the Neutrino Factory Front-End the muon beam coming from the interaction of a high-power (4 MW) proton beam on a mercury jet target, is transformed through a buncher, a phase rotator and an ionization cooling channel before entering the downstream acceleration system. The muon Front-End channel is densely packed with solenoid magnets, normal conducting radio-frequency cavities and absorber windows (for the cooling section). The tolerance to the misalignment of the different components has to be determined in order on one hand to set the limits beyond which the performance of the Front-End channel would be degraded; on the other hand to optimize the design and assembly of the Front-End cells such that the component alignment can be checked and corrected for where crucial for the performance of the channel. In this paper we will show the results of the simulations of the Front-End channel performance where different components such as magnets, cavities have been randomly shifted or rotated. Detailed simulations have been done in G4BeamLine*. * T. J. Roberts et al. G4BeamLine 2.06 (2010) http://g4beamline.muonsinc.com/