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| WEPP116 | Muon Decay Ring Study | 2770 |
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Three different muon decay ring configurations are being considered for a neutrino factory. A racetrack design is the current ISS baseline (as it allows greater flexibility in the choice of detector sites) but triangular and bow-tie rings have advantages in neutrino production rates*. Using tracking code simulations, a study of the latter two designs is carried out. Since spin depolarisation measurements have been proposed for muon energy calibration**, spin tracking is included in this study. Dynamic aperture is important and is also calculated.
*International Scoping Study report, 2006. |
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| WEPP119 | The International Design Study for a Neutrino Factory | 2773 |
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| The International Design Study (IDS) is the successor to the International Scoping Study (ISS), which identified a baseline scenario for a Neutrino Factory. IDS was launched in August 2007, with the aim of developing the baseline to the point where a full, technical design report can be written. The accelerator complex starts with a 4 MW proton driver operating at 50 Hz producing three to five, 1-2 ns bunches per pulse. The proton beam impacts on a liquid mercury jet target; pions are generated and are captured in a solenoid channel; they decay to muons which are phase rotated and formed into trains of interleaved bunches alternating in sign. The muon bunches then undergo ionisation cooling so as to be accepted by a linac, two dogbone recirculating linacs and finally an FFAG for acceleration to 25GeV. The muons are transferred to purpose-built storage rings, with long production straights, where they decay to neutrinos which are directed to detectors at distances of about 3000 km and 7500 km. IDS will be developing this baseline design, identifying its strengths and weaknesses, and progressing the whole towards a self-consistent scenario for the final technical design report stage. | ||
| THPP083 | Megawatt Upgrades for the ISIS Facility | 3554 |
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| ISIS is the spallation neutron source at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK. Presently, it runs at beam powers of 0.2 MW, with upgrades in place to supply increased powers for the new Second Target Station due to start operation in autumn 2008. This paper outlines schemes for major upgrades to the facility in the megawatt regime, with options for 1, 2 and 5 MW. The ideas centre around new 3.2 GeV RCS designs that can be employed to increase the energy of the existing ISIS beam to provide powers of ~1 MW or, possibly as a second upgrade stage, accumulate and accelerate beam from a new 0.8 GeV linac for 2-5 MW beams. Summaries of ring designs are presented, along with studies and simulations to assess the key loss mechanisms that will impose intensity limitations. Important factors include injection, RF systems, instabilities, longitudinal and transverse space charge. |