Cost-effective design for a neutrino factory

There have been active efforts in the U.S., Europe, and Japan on the design of a neutrino factory. This type of facility produces intense beams of neutrinos from the decay of muons in a high-energy storage ring. In the U.S., a second detailed feasibility study (FS2) for a neutrino factory was comple...

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Published inPhysical review special topics. PRST-AB. Accelerators and beams Vol. 9; no. 1; p. 011001
Main Authors Berg, J. S., Bogacz, S. A., Caspi, S., Cobb, J., Fernow, R. C., Gallardo, J. C., Kahn, S., Kirk, H., Neuffer, D., Palmer, R., Paul, K., Witte, H., Zisman, M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published College Park American Physical Society 01.01.2006
Subjects
Cost control
Energy storage
Feasibility studies
Muons
Neutrinos
Particle beams
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Summary:There have been active efforts in the U.S., Europe, and Japan on the design of a neutrino factory. This type of facility produces intense beams of neutrinos from the decay of muons in a high-energy storage ring. In the U.S., a second detailed feasibility study (FS2) for a neutrino factory was completed in 2001. Since that report was published, new ideas in bunching, cooling, and acceleration of muon beams have been developed. We have incorporated these ideas into a new facility design, which we designate as study 2B (ST2B), that should lead to significant cost savings over the FS2 design.
ISSN:1098-4402
1098-4402
2469-9888
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.9.011001