Modeling of the primary proton beamline of the Fermilab NuMI project

Author

Striganov, S. ; Childress, S. ; Drozhdin, S. ; Grossman, N. ; Lucas, P. ; Nokhov, N.

Author_Institution

IHEP, Moscow, Russia

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1556

Abstract

The 120 GeV primary proton beamline for the NuMI-MINOS experiment at Fermilab will transport one of the most intense high-energy beams ever constructed. In parallel operation with the Collider program, 80% of the intensity capability of the Fermilab Main Injector can be sent to NuMI. Radiation safety pertaining to residual activity, damage of equipment and irradiation of groundwater is a primary concern. A particular challenge is that this beam will be transported to and targeted in a cavern excavated in rock in an aquifer region. A model of the beamline, including transport elements and excavated enclosures, has been built in the radiation simulation program MARS. This model has been used to determine limits for allowable beam loss, and to study effects of instabilities and of various failure types. Some results obtained with this model are presented

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; accelerator magnets; beam handling equipment; electromagnets; groundwater; high energy physics instrumentation computing; particle beam dynamics; particle beam injection; particle beam stability; proton accelerators; proton beams; radioactive pollution; synchrotrons; water pollution; 120 GeV; Collider program; Fermilab Main Injector; Fermilab project; MARS code; Monte Carlo code; NuMI-MINOS experiment; aquifer region; beam emittance; beam extraction permit system; beam loss; beam system; beamline; excavated enclosures; groundwater irradiation; instabilities; intense high-energy beams; magnets; primary proton beamline; radiation safety; residual activity; rock; transport elements; Apertures; Electromagnetic modeling; Magnets; Mars; Mesons; Orbital calculations; Particle beams; Protons; Radiation safety; Tail;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7191-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2001.986746

Filename

986746