Author: Hansen, O.M.
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MOPZ008 Particle Production Simulations for the Neutrino Factory Target 835
 
  • J.J. Back
    University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
  • X.P. Ding
    UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • I. Efthymiopoulos, S.S. Gilardoni, O.M. Hansen, G. Prior
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • H.G. Kirk, N. Souchlas
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
  • R.J. Weggel
    Particle Beam Lasers, Inc., Northridge, California, USA
 
  Funding: EU FP7 EUROnu WP3
In the International Design Study for the Neutrino Factory (IDS-NF), a 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 target is situated in a solenoidal field tapering from 20 T down to 1.5 T over a length of several metres, allowing for an optimised capture of pions in order to produce a useful muon beam for the machine. We present results of target particle production calculations using MARS, FLUKA and G4BEAMLINE simulation codes.