Beam loss, residual radiation, and collimation and shielding in the Fermilab booster

Author

Drozhdin, A. ; Kasper, P. ; Krivosheev, O. ; Lackey, J. ; Mokhov, N. ; Popovic, M. ; Webber, R.

Author_Institution

FNAL, Batavia, IL, USA

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

2569

Abstract

During its 30 years of operation, the Fermilab Booster has served only as an injector for the relatively low repetition rate proton accelerator complex. With the construction of an 8 GeV target station for the 5 Hz MiniBooNE neutrino beam and rapid multi-batch injection into the Main Injector for the NuMI experiment, the demand for Booster protons will increase dramatically over the next few years. This implies serious constraints on beam losses in the machine. A collimation system and shielding design based on realistic Monte Carlo simulations are presented. A two-stage beam collimation system with local shielding has been designed. It provides adequate protection of the Booster components and environment by localizing the operational losses. This loss control is a key to the entire future of the Fermilab high energy physics program

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; accelerator control systems; beam handling equipment; booster injectors; high energy physics instrumentation computing; particle beam dynamics; particle beam injection; particle beam stability; proton accelerators; proton beams; shielding; storage rings; synchrotrons; 30 y; 5 Hz; 8 GeV; Fermilab booster; MiniBooNE neutrino beam; Monte Carlo simulations; NuMI experiment; beam loss; booster protons; collimation system; injector; loss control; low repetition rate proton accelerator complex; main injector; rapid multibatch injection; residual radiation; shielding; target station; Colliding beam accelerators; Collimators; Lattices; Magnets; Neutrino sources; Particle beam injection; Particle beams; Proton accelerators; Radio frequency; Structural beams;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

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

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7191-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2001.987834

Filename

987834