Author: Pasternak, J.
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TUPRO073 RFFAG Decay Ring for nuSTORM 1208
 
  • J.-B. Lagrange, J. Pasternak
    Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
  • R. Appleby, J.M. Garland, H.L. Owen, S.C. Tygier
    UMAN, Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Y. Mori
    Kyoto University, Research Reactor Institute, Osaka, Japan
 
  The nuSTORM facility aims to deliver neutrino beams produced from the decay of muons stored in a racetrack ring. Design of racetrack FFAG (Fixed Field Alternating Gradient) decay ring for nuSTORM project is presented in this paper.  
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TUPRI003 Simulating the Production and Effects of Dark Currents in MICE Steps V and VI 1556
SUSPSNE014   use link to see paper's listing under its alternate paper code  
 
  • C. Hunt, J. Pasternak, M.A. Uchida
    Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
 
  Funding: STFC
The completion of the international Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment (MICE) Step V will involve the construction, commissioning and use of RF cavity and Coupling Coil (RFCC) Modules. The RFCCs consist of 4 RF cavities and a solenoid magnet, and are expected to act as a source of potentially damaging electrons (dark currents) and X-rays. Ongoing work to create a high-statistics simulation of the dark current production, within RF cavities, is described. Current results predict the energy and angular spectra of emitted electrons for an RFCC, and include particle tracking, realistic field maps and ionisation energy losses in cavity windows. Individual electron emitters, parametrised by the Fowler-Nordheim equation, are used and are user-definable, allowing potential worst-case scenarios to be simulated and upper/lower limits for the total dark current to be estimated. These data are being used within the MICE Analysis and User Software (MAUS) to estimate the potential detector backgrounds and the damage that may be inflicted upon the scintillating fibre trackers.
 
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TUPRI004 The Design and Implementation of The Radiation Monitors for the Protection of the MICE Tracker Detectors 1559
 
  • M.A. Uchida, C. Hunt, J. Pasternak
    Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
 
  A radiation monitor will be required for the Muon Ionisation Cooling experiment (MICE) beyond Step IV, when the RF cavities are installed. The role of the radiation monitors will be to protect the particle tracking detectors (Trackers) from dangerous levels of RF dark currents and the as- sociated photon fluxes that could potentially be produced in the RF cavities. If such levels of radiation should occur the radiation monitor will ensure that the radiation shields (shutters) are closed thereby protecting the Tracker modules. The radiation monitor will be positioned on these radiation shields and will monitor x-rays, gamma-rays and electrons up to a few MeV. It is expected that the spectrum will peak at very low energies, since the peak voltage across the cavities is 8 MV/m and so the maximum energy that an electron could gain is 12 MeV (maximally accelerated from all four RF cavities). The design, positioning and expected sensitivity of the radiation monitors will be described here along with their readout and inclusion into the MICE interlocking systems. The schedule for the work and progress so far will also be presented.  
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TUPRI013 Dynamic Aperture Studies of the nuSTORM FFAG Ring 1574
 
  • R. Appleby, J.M. Garland, H.L. Owen, S.C. Tygier
    UMAN, Manchester, United Kingdom
  • K.M. Hock
    Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • J.-B. Lagrange, J. Pasternak
    Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
 
  Funding: Research supported by STFC grant number ST/K002503/1 "Racetrack FFAGs for medical, PRISM and energy applications".
FFAG rings with a racetrack configuration are very promising as their flexible design allow for dedicated spaces for injection/extraction, RF cavities etc. A racetrack FFAG is considered as an option for the nuSTORM facility, which aims to deliver neutrino beams produced from the decay of muons stored in a ring with long sections pointing towards detectors. In this paper we discuss the definition of dynamic aperture in these machines and use the PyZgoubi framework to compute the many turn motion in the nuSTORM ring. The roles of machine imperfections and symmetry are discussed.
 
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