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This paper describes the construction and operational status of an accelerator test facility for Project X. The purpose of this facility is for Project X component development activities that benefit from beam tests and any development…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2012-08-17 J. Steimel , R. Webber , R. Madrak , D. Wildman , R. Pasquinelli , E. Evans-Peoples

The IOTA Proton Injector (IPI), currently under installation at the Fermilab Accelerator Science and Technology facility (FAST), is a machine capable of delivering 20 mA pulses of protons at 2.5 MeV to the Integrable Optics Test Accelerator…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2023-10-23 D. Edstrom , A. Romanov , D. Broemmelsiek , K. Carlson , J. -P. Carneiro , H. Piekarz , A. Shemyakin , A. Valishev

The potentially realizable beam power at the Fermilab long-baseline neutrino program has motivated a reinvigorated design and optimization effort for a rapid-cycling synchrotron (RCS) intensity upgrade of the Fermilab proton complex. We…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2020-01-17 Jeffrey Eldred

The Integrable Optics Test Accelerator (IOTA) at Fermilab provides a versatile platform for studying the interplay of space-charge, impedance, and non-linear optics in high-intensity hadron beams within synchrotrons and storage rings. This…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2026-04-03 N. Banerjee , A. Romanov , G. Stancari , M. Wallbank

Fermilab carries out an extensive program of accelerator-based high energy particle physics research at the Intensity Frontier that relies on the operation of 8 GeV and 120 GeV proton beamlines for a number of fixed target experiments.…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2017-05-15 Vladimir Shiltsev

Nonlinear optics is a promising idea potentially opening the path towards achieving super high beam intensities in circular accelerators. Creation of a tune spread reaching 50% of the betatron tune would provide strong Landau damping and…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2012-02-27 A. Valishev , S. Nagaitsev , V. Kashikhin , V. Danilov

Integrable optics is an innovation in particle accelerator design that potentially enables a greater betatron tune spread and damps collective instabilities. An integrable rapid-cycling synchrotron (RCS) would be an effective replacement…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2017-04-05 Jeffrey Eldred , Alexander Valishev

Our objective will be to integrate ML into Fermilab accelerator operations and furthermore provide an accessible framework which can also be used by a broad range of other accelerator systems with dynamic tuning needs. We will develop of…

The IOTA Proton Injector (IPI), currently under installation at the Fermilab Accelerator Science and Technology facility, is a beamline capable of delivering 20-mA pulses of protons at 2.5 MeV to the Integrable Optics Test Accelerator…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2023-05-18 D. Edstrom , D. Broemmelsiek , K. Carlson , J. -P. Carneiro , H. Piekarz , A. Romanov , A. Shemyakin , A. Valishev

We report on the status of the Fermilab accelerator complex, including recent performance, upgrades in progress, and plans for the future. Beam delivery to the neutrino experiments surpassed our goals for the past year. The Proton…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2016-12-30 M. E. Convery

The planned neutrino program at Fermilab requires large proton beam intensities in excess of 2 MW. Measuring the transverse profiles of these high intensity beams is challenging and often depends on non-invasive techniques. One such…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-11-09 R. Thurman-Keup , M. Alvarez , J. Fitzgerald , C. Lundberg , P. Prieto , M. Roberts , J. Zagel , W. Blokland

We discuss the generation of parametric X-rays in the new photoinjector at the FAST (Fermilab Accelerator Science and Technology) facility in Fermilab. These experiments will be conducted in addition to channeling X-ray radiation…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 Tanaji Sen , Todd Seiss

Cooling of beams circulating in storage rings is critical for many applications including particle colliders and synchrotron light sources. A method enabling unprecedented beam-cooling rates, optical stochastic cooling (OSC), was recently…

The Advanced Superconducting Test Accelerator (ASTA) currently under commissioning at Fermilab will enable a broad range of beam-based experiments to study fundamental limitations to beam intensity and to develop transformative approaches…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2014-09-23 V. Shiltsev

The Elastic Analysis Facility (EAF) hosted at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) is a platform being developed with the goal of providing a fast and efficient facility for physics analysis. As high-energy physics moves towards…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2025-06-11 Elise Chavez , Maria Acosta-Flechas , Christophe Bonnaud , Burt Holzman , Tulika Bose

Fermilab is dedicated to hosting world-class experiments in search of new physics that will operate in the coming years. The Muon g-2 Experiment is one such experiment that will determine with unprecedented precision the muon anomalous…

Fermilab is executing a technology development program to develop a compact yet powerful electron accelerator. We are leveraging R&D breakthroughs in SRF cavities, cost-effective radio-frequency sources, modern cryo-coolers, and high…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2022-02-17 Jayakar Thangaraj

Fermilab's Superconducting RF Beam Test Facility currently under construction will produce electron beams capable of damaging the acceleration structures and the beam line vacuum chambers in the event of an aberrant accelerator pulse. The…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2012-10-01 A. Warner , L. Carmichael , M. Church , R. Neswold

We describe a new electron cooler being developed for 2.5 MeV protons at the Integrable Optics Test Accelerator (IOTA), which is a highly re-configurable storage ring at Fermilab. This system would enable the study of magnetized electron…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2022-01-26 N. Banerjee , M. K. Bossard , J. Brandt , Y-K. Kim , B. Cathey , S. Nagaitsev , G. Stancari

The planned neutrino program at Fermilab requires large proton beam intensities in excess of 2 MW. Measuring the transverse profiles of these high intensity beams is challenging and often depends on non-invasive techniques. One such…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2018-03-06 R. Thurman-Keup , M. Alvarez , J. Fitzgerald , C. Lundberg , P. Prieto , J. Zagel , W. Blokland