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@inproceedings{hajtahar:ipac2022-wepotk006,
author = {M. Haj Tahar and D.C. Kiselev and A. Knecht and D. Laube and D. Reggiani and J. Snuverink and V. Talanov},
% author = {M. Haj Tahar and D.C. Kiselev and A. Knecht and D. Laube and D. Reggiani and J. Snuverink and others},
% author = {M. Haj Tahar and others},
title = {{Proton Beamline Simulations for the High Intensity Muon Beamline at PSI}},
booktitle = {Proc. IPAC'22},
% booktitle = {Proc. 13th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC'22)},
pages = {2036--2039},
eid = {WEPOTK006},
language = {english},
keywords = {target, simulation, proton, optics, cyclotron},
venue = {Bangkok, Thailand},
series = {International Particle Accelerator Conference},
number = {13},
publisher = {JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland},
month = {07},
year = {2022},
issn = {2673-5490},
isbn = {978-3-95450-227-1},
doi = {10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-WEPOTK006},
url = {https://jacow.org/ipac2022/papers/wepotk006.pdf},
abstract = {{The High Intensity Proton Accelerator (HIPA) cyclotron at the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) delivers 590 MeV CW proton beam with a maximum power of 1.42 MW. After extraction, the beam is transferred in a 120 m long channel towards two target stations (TgM and TgE) before depositing its remaining power at the spallation target SINQ for neutron production. As part of the High Intensity Muon Beamline (HIMB) feasibility study, which belongs to the IMPACT (Isotope and Muon Production using Advanced Cyclotron and Target technologies) initiative, the first of these targets will be replaced with a thicker one and its geometry opti- mized thereby specifically boosting the emission of surface muons. In order to assess the impact of the changes on the proton beamline, BDSIM/GEANT4 simulations were performed with the realistic technical design of the target insert, the collimation system was redesigned and the power depositions were benchmarked with MCNP6. In this paper, we discuss the major changes and challenges for HIMB as well as the key considerations in redesigning the optics of the high power beam in the vicinity of the target stations.}},
}