2011 Particle Accelerator Conference - List of Authors (Pasternak, J.)

Paper	Title	Page
TUP202	Non-Scaling FFAG Proton Driver for Project X	1199
	C. Johnstone, D.V. Neuffer Fermilab, Batavia, USA M. Berz, K. Makino MSU, East Lansing, Michigan, USA L.J. Jenner, J. Pasternak Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom P. Snopok IIT, Chicago, Illinois, USA
	The next generation of high-energy physics experiments requires high intensity protons at multi-GeV energies. Fermilab’s HEP program, for example, requires an 8-GeV proton source to feed the Main Injector to create a 2 MW neutrino beams in the near term and would require a 4 MW pulsed proton beam for a potential Neutrino Factory or Muon Collider in the future. High intensity GeV proton drivers are difficult at best with conventional re-circulating accelerators, encountering duty cycle and space-charge limits in the synchrotron and machine size and stability concerns in the weaker-focusing cyclotrons. Only an SRF linac, which has the highest associated cost and footprint, has been considered. Recent innovations in FFAG design, however, have promoted another re-circulating candidate, the Fixed-field Alternating Gradient accelerator (FFAG), as an attractive, but as yet unexplored, alternative. Its strong focusing optics coupled to large transverse and longitudinal acceptances would serve to alleviate space charge effects and achieve higher bunch charges than possible in a synchrotron and presents an upgradeable option from the 2 MW to the 4 MW program.

MOP019	Performance of the Bucked Coils Muon Cooling Lattice for the Neutrino Factory	145
	A. Alekou Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom J. Pasternak STFC/RAL, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom C.T. Rogers STFC/RAL/ASTeC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
	Ionization cooling is essential to the Neutrino Factory in order to decrease the large emittance of the tertiary muon beam. Strong focusing and a large RF gradient in the cooling channel are required for efficient cooling; however, the presence of a strong magnetic field inside the RF cavities limits their performance by lowering the breakdown limit. In order to mitigate this problem a new lattice configuration, the Bucked Coils, is proposed: two solenoidal coils of different radius and opposite polarities are placed along the channel at the same z-positions. The Bucked Coils lower the magnetic field in the RF cavities while also providing strong focusing. This paper presents the results of the beam dynamics simulations in the new lattice, using the G4MICE code. The comparison of the achieved cooling performance and transmission between the currently proposed Neutrino Factory baseline lattice (FSIIA) and the new configuration is provided in detail.

WEP204	An FFAG Accelerator for Project X	1867
	D.V. Neuffer, L.J. Jenner, C. Johnstone Fermilab, Batavia, USA J. Pasternak STFC/RAL, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
	The next generation of high-energy physics experiments requires high intensity protons in the multi-GeV energy range for efficient production of secondary beams. The Fermilab long-term future requires an 8 GeV proton source to feed the Main Injector for a 2 MW neutrino beam source in the immediate future and to provide 4 MW pulsed proton beam for a future neutrino factory or muon collider. We note that a 3GeV cw linac matched to a 3–8 GeV FFAG ring could provide beam for both of these mission needs, as well as the cw 3 GeV experiments, and would be a natural and affordable scenario. We present details of possible scenarios and outline future design and research directions.

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Non-Scaling FFAG Proton Driver for Project X

1199

C. Johnstone, D.V. Neuffer
Fermilab, Batavia, USA
M. Berz, K. Makino
MSU, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
L.J. Jenner, J. Pasternak
Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
P. Snopok
IIT, Chicago, Illinois, USA

The next generation of high-energy physics experiments requires high intensity protons at multi-GeV energies. Fermilab’s HEP program, for example, requires an 8-GeV proton source to feed the Main Injector to create a 2 MW neutrino beams in the near term and would require a 4 MW pulsed proton beam for a potential Neutrino Factory or Muon Collider in the future. High intensity GeV proton drivers are difficult at best with conventional re-circulating accelerators, encountering duty cycle and space-charge limits in the synchrotron and machine size and stability concerns in the weaker-focusing cyclotrons. Only an SRF linac, which has the highest associated cost and footprint, has been considered. Recent innovations in FFAG design, however, have promoted another re-circulating candidate, the Fixed-field Alternating Gradient accelerator (FFAG), as an attractive, but as yet unexplored, alternative. Its strong focusing optics coupled to large transverse and longitudinal acceptances would serve to alleviate space charge effects and achieve higher bunch charges than possible in a synchrotron and presents an upgradeable option from the 2 MW to the 4 MW program.

MOP019

Performance of the Bucked Coils Muon Cooling Lattice for the Neutrino Factory

145

A. Alekou
Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
J. Pasternak
STFC/RAL, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
C.T. Rogers
STFC/RAL/ASTeC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom

Ionization cooling is essential to the Neutrino Factory in order to decrease the large emittance of the tertiary muon beam. Strong focusing and a large RF gradient in the cooling channel are required for efficient cooling; however, the presence of a strong magnetic field inside the RF cavities limits their performance by lowering the breakdown limit. In order to mitigate this problem a new lattice configuration, the Bucked Coils, is proposed: two solenoidal coils of different radius and opposite polarities are placed along the channel at the same z-positions. The Bucked Coils lower the magnetic field in the RF cavities while also providing strong focusing. This paper presents the results of the beam dynamics simulations in the new lattice, using the G4MICE code. The comparison of the achieved cooling performance and transmission between the currently proposed Neutrino Factory baseline lattice (FSIIA) and the new configuration is provided in detail.

WEP204

An FFAG Accelerator for Project X

1867

D.V. Neuffer, L.J. Jenner, C. Johnstone
Fermilab, Batavia, USA
J. Pasternak
STFC/RAL, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom

The next generation of high-energy physics experiments requires high intensity protons in the multi-GeV energy range for efficient production of secondary beams. The Fermilab long-term future requires an 8 GeV proton source to feed the Main Injector for a 2 MW neutrino beam source in the immediate future and to provide 4 MW pulsed proton beam for a future neutrino factory or muon collider. We note that a 3GeV cw linac matched to a 3–8 GeV FFAG ring could provide beam for both of these mission needs, as well as the cw 3 GeV experiments, and would be a natural and affordable scenario. We present details of possible scenarios and outline future design and research directions.