A multi-MW proton facility, Project X has been proposed and is currently under development at Fermilab. As part of this development program, we are constructing a prototype of the front end of the Project X linac at Fermilab. The construction and successful operations of this facility will validate the concept for the Project X front end, thereby minimizing the primary technical risk element within the Project. The Project X Injector Experiment (PXIE) can be constructed over the period FY12-16 and will include an H- ion source, a CW 2.1-MeV RFQ and two SC cryomodules providing up to 30 MeV energy gain at an average beam current of 1 mA. Successful operations of the facility will demonstrate the viability of novel front end technologies that will find applications beyond Project X in the longer term.
@article{arxiv.1301.7342,
title = {PXIE: Project X Injector Experiment},
author = {P. N. Ostroumov and S. D. Holmes and R. D. Kephart and J. S. Kerby and V. A. Lebedev and C. S. Mishra and S. Nagaitsev and A. V. Shemyakin and N. Solyak and R. P. Stanek and D. Li},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.7342},
year = {2013}
}
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3 pp. 3rd International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC 2012) 20-25 May 2012, New Orleans, Louisiana