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The Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) facility is a conventional horn-focused neutrino beam which produces muon neutrinos from a beam of mesons directed into a long evacuated decay volume. The relative alignment of the primary proton…

The Beam Dump Facility (BDF) is a planned fixed-target installation in CERN's North Area, set to start operating in 2031. A proton beam of 400 GeV/c will be delivered in 1 s pulses of 4e13 protons every 7.2 s, amounting to 4e19 protons on…

The MUon Scattering Experiment (MUSE) was motivated by the proton radius puzzle arising from the discrepancy between muonic hydrogen spectroscopy and electron-proton measurements. The MUSE physics goals also include testing lepton…

To achieve the extremely high luminosity for colliding electron-positron beams at the future International Linear Collider (ILC) an undulator-based source with about 230 meters helical undulator and a thin titanium-alloy target rim rotated…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2017-08-23 A. Ushakov , O. S. Adeyemi , G. Moortgat-Pick , F. Staufenbiel , S. Riemann

In recent years, the possibility of direct production of the 99mTc isotope (bypassing the parent 99Mo stage) for medical purposes using nuclear reactions on charged particle beams has been actively discussed around the world [1,2]. At A.I.…

Medical Physics · Physics 2020-10-27 A. Avetisyan , R. Dallakyan , N. Dobrovolski , A. Manukyan , A. Melkonyan , I. Sinenko

The ALICE muon spectrometer studies the production of quarkonia and open heavy- flavour particles. It is equipped with a Trigger System composed of Resistive Plate Chambers which, by applying a transverse-momentum-based muon selection,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-06-22 Gabriele Gaetano Fronzé

A muonium consists of a positive muon associated with an orbital electron, and the spontaneous conversion to antimuonium serves as a clear indication of new physics beyond the Standard Model in particle physics.One of the most important…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-01-02 Shihan Zhao , Jian Tang

The goal of this manuscript is to give an introduction into the design of the magnet lattice and as a consequence into the transverse dynamics of the particles in a synchrotron or storage ring. Starting from the basic principles of how to…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2013-03-27 Bernhard J. Holzer

Positron beams, both polarized and non-polarized, low and high energy have a wide range of applications and many methods can be used to produce them. In this paper we analyse the two main methods used to produce positrons for accelerator…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2021-03-25 Alberto Bacci , Francesco Broggi , Vittoria Petrillo , Luca Serafini

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is an enabling technology for the sixth-generation mobile communications, which equips the wireless communication networks with sensing capabilities. In this paper, we investigate transmit…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-19 Chunwei Meng , Zhiqing Wei , Dingyou Ma , Wanli Ni , Liyan Su , Zhiyong Feng

We demonstrate a prototype of a Focused Ion Beam machine based on the ionization of a laser-cooled cesium beam adapted for imaging and modifying different surfaces in the few-tens nanometer range. Efficient atomic ionization is obtained by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-08 M. Viteau , M. Reveillard , L. Kime , B. Rasser , P. Sudraud , Y. Bruneau , G. Khalili , P. Pillet , D. Comparat , I. Guerri , A. Fioretti , D. Ciampini , M. Allegrini , F. Fuso

A system of two microchannel-plate detectors has been successfully implemented for tracking projectile-fragmentation beams. The detectors provide interaction positions, angles, and arrival times of ions at the reaction target. The current…

We describe a direct method for monitoring the geometrical dimensions of a synchrotron beam at the target position for internal target installations. The method allows for the observation of the proton beam size as well as the position of…

A focused ion beam is used to mill side holes in air-silica structured fibres. By way of example, side holes are introduced in two types of air-structured fibres (1) a photonic crystal four-ring fibre and (2) a 6-hole single ring step index…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-09-02 C. Martelli , P. Olivero , J. Canning , N. Groothoff , B. Gibson , S. Huntington

The Mu2e experiment at Fermilab will search for the charged lepton flavour violating process of coherent neutrinoless muon-to-electron conversion in the presence of an aluminum nucleus. The muons are produced by an 8 GeV proton beam from…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2025-09-29 Z. Liu , J. Williams , A. Makovec , M. Hedges , F. Pellemoine , K. Yonehara , G. Annala , K. Lynch , M. Bloomer , J. Popp , A. Edmonds , J. Miller

We designed an optimized antimuon beamline with the simulation using G4beamline and TRANSPORT software packages for Heavy Ion Accelerator Project in South Korea. This research suggests the optimized muon beamline can transport…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Suyong Choi , Jeongwon Park , Youn Jung Roh

The relative immunity of muons to synchrotron radiation suggests that they might be used in place of electrons as probes in fundamental high-energy physics experiments. Muons are commonly produced indirectly through pion decay by…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-04-03 Diktys Stratakis , David V. Neuffer

The Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) facility is a conventional neutrino beam which produces muon neutrinos by focusing a beam of mesons into a long evacuated decay volume. We have built four arrays of ionization chambers to monitor…

The MuCool R&D program is described. The aim of MuCool is to develop all key pieces of hardware required for ionization cooling of a muon beam. This effort will lead to a more detailed understanding of the construction and operating costs…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2019-08-14 Daniel M. Kaplan

Intense, pulsed ion beams locally heat materials and deliver dense electronic excitations that can induce materials modifications and phase transitions. Materials properties can potentially be stabilized by rapid quenching. Pulsed ion beams…

Applied Physics · Physics 2017-05-30 John J. Barnard , Thomas Schenkel