Title :
AGS upgrade to 1-MW with a superconducting linac injector
Author :
Ruggiero, A.G. ; Alessi, J. ; Raparia, D. ; Roser, T. ; Weng, W.
Author_Institution :
Brookhaven Nat. Lab., Upton, NY, USA
Abstract :
It has been proposed to upgrade the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (AGS) accelerator complex at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) to provide an average proton beam power of 1 MW at the energy of 28 GeV. The facility is to be primarily used as a proton driver for the production of intense neutrino beams. This paper reports on the feasibility study of a proton superconducting linac (SCL) as a new injector to the AGS. The linac beam energy is 1.2 GeV. The beam intensity is adjusted to provide the required average beam power of 1 MW at 28 GeV. The repetition rate of the SCL-AGS facility is 2.5 beam pulses per second.
Keywords :
linear accelerators; neutrino production; particle beam injection; proton accelerators; synchrotrons; 1 MW; AGS accelerator complex; Alternating Gradient Synchrotron; Brookhaven National Laboratory; SCL-AGS facility; average proton beam power; beam intensity; intense neutrino beam production; linac beam energy; proton driver; proton superconducting linac injector; repetition rate; Acceleration; Helium; Ion sources; Laboratories; Linear particle accelerator; Particle beam injection; Particle beams; Proton accelerators; Pulsed power supplies; Synchrotrons;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2003. PAC 2003. Proceedings of the
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7738-9
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.2003.1289270
