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Following the PIP-II 800 MeV Linac, Fermilab will need an accelerator that extends from that linac to the MI injection energy of ~8 GeV, completing the modernization of the Fermilab high-intensity accelerator complex. This will maximize the…

As the main $H^{-}$ ion source for the accelerator complex, magnetron ion sources have been used at Fermilab since the 1970s. At the offline test stand, new R&D is carried out to develop and upgrade the present magnetron-type sources of…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2018-10-17 A. Sosa , D. S. Bollinger , P. R. Karns , C. Y. Tan

The NML cryogenic plant cools two individually cryostated superconducting radio frequency (SRF) capture cavities and one prototype ILC cryomodule with eight SRF cavities. This complex accelerates electrons at 150 MeV for the Integrable…

For NOvA and future experiments requiring high intensity proton beams, Fermilab is in the process of upgrading the existing accelerator complex for increased proton production. One such improvement is to reduce the Main Injector cycle time,…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2014-09-22 R. Madrak , D. Wildman

Increasing the Fermilab Main Injector (MI) beam power above ~1.2 MW requires replacement of the 8 GeV Booster by a higher intensity alternative. Earlier, rapid-cycling synchrotron and linac solutions were considered for this purpose. In…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2023-08-15 D. Neuffer , S. Belomestnykh , M. Checchin , D. Johnson , S. Posen , E. Pozdeyev , V. Pronskikh , A. Saini , N. Solyak , V. Yakovlev

There is a long standing discrepancy between the Standard Model prediction for the muon g-2 and the value measured by the Brookhaven E821 Experiment. At present the discrepancy stands at about three standard deviations, with a comparable…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 Graziano Venanzoni

We have conducted tests at the Fermilab Booster of ionization chambers to be used as monitors of the NuMI neutrino beamline. The chambers were exposed to proton fluxes of up to 10$^{12}$ particles/cm$^2$/1.56$\mu$s. We studied space charge…

In 2004, motivated by the recent exciting developments in neutrino physics, the Fermilab Long Range Planning Committee identified a new high intensity Proton Driver as an attractive option for the future. At the end of 2004 the APS ``Study…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Geer

Mature technology of Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers in conjunction with intense neutrino beams constructed at Fermilab offer a broad program of neutrino physics for the next decade.

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-09-29 L. Bartoszek

Project X is a multi-megawatt proton facility being developed to support a world-leading program in Intensity Frontier physics at Fermilab. The facility is designed to support programs in elementary particle and nuclear physics, with…

We propose an evolution of the Mu2e experiment, called Mu2e-II, that would leverage advances in detector technology and utilize the increased proton intensity provided by the Fermilab PIP-II upgrade to improve the sensitivity for…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-02-09 F. Abusalma , D. Ambrose , A. Artikov , R. Bernstein , G. C. Blazey , C. Bloise , S. Boi , T. Bolton , J. Bono , R. Bonventre , D. Bowring , D. Brown , D. Brown , K. Byrum , M. Campbell , J. -F. Caron , F. Cervelli , D. Chokheli , K. Ciampa , R. Ciolini , R. Coleman , D. Cronin-Hennessy , R. Culbertson , M. A. Cummings , A. Daniel , Y. Davydov , S. Demers , D. Denisov , S. Denisov , S. Di Falco , E. Diociaiuti , R. Djilkibaev , S. Donati , R. Donghia , G. Drake , E. C. Dukes , B. Echenard , A. Edmonds , R. Ehrlich , V. Evdokimov , P. Fabbricatore , A. Ferrari , M. Frank , A. Gaponenko , C. Gatto , Z. Giorgio , S. Giovannella , V. Giusti , H. Glass , D. Glenzinski , L. Goodenough , C. Group , F. Happacher , L. Harkness-Brennan , D. Hedin , K. Heller , D. Hitlin , A. Hocker , R. Hooper , G. Horton-Smith , C. Hu , P. Q. Hung , E. Hungerford , M. Jenkins , M. Jones , M. Kargiantoulakis , K. S. Khaw , B. Kiburg , Y. Kolomensky , J. Kozminski , R. Kutschke , M. Lancaster , D. Lin , I. Logashenko , V. Lombardo , A. Luca , G. Lukicov , K. Lynch , M. Martini , A. Mazzacane , J. Miller , S. Miscetti , L. Morescalchi , J. Mott , S. E. Mueller , P. Murat , V. Nagaslaev , D. Neuffer , Y. Oksuzian , D. Pasciuto , E. Pedreschi , G. Pezzullo , A. Pla-Dalmau , B. Pollack , A. Popov , J. Popp , F. Porter , E. Prebys , V. Pronskikh , D. Pushka , J. Quirk , G. Rakness , R. Ray , M. Ricci , M. Röhrken , V. Rusu , A. Saputi , I. Sarra , M. Schmitt , F. Spinella , D. Stratakis , T. Strauss , R. Talaga , V. Tereshchenko , N. Tran , R. Tschirhart , Z. Usubov , M. Velasco , R. Wagner , Y. Wang , S. Werkema , J. Whitmore , P. Winter , L. Xia , L. Zhang , R. -Y. Zhu , V. Zutshi , R. Zwaska

Precise, accurate neutrino flux predictions for neutrino beam experiments are crucial for physics results. Flux predictions for the Booster Neutrino Beam at Fermilab were first published in 2009 by the MiniBooNE collaboration. It is no…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-01-16 Josephine L Paton

Experimental and theoretical activities are underway at CERN with the aim of examining the feasibility of a very-high-flux neutrino source. In the present scheme, a high-power proton beam (some 4 MW) bombards a target where pions are…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2014-11-18 G. Franchetti , S. Gilardoni , P. Gruber , K. Hanke , H. Haseroth , E. B. Holzer , D. Kuechler , A. M. Lombardi , R. Scrivens

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

FLASHForward is an experimental facility at DESY dedicated to beam-driven plasma-accelerator research. The X-2 experiment aims to demonstrate acceleration with simultaneous beam-quality preservation and high energy efficiency in a compact…

NOvA is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment using Fermilab's 700 kW NuMI muon neutrino beam. Two functionally identical scintillator detectors are placed off the beam axis, separated by 810 km oscillation baseline. Both…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-05-23 Tomas Nosek

The new g-2 experiment at Fermilab aims to measure the muon anomalous magnetic moment by a fourfold improvement in precision compared to the BNL experiment. Achieving this goal requires the delivery of highly polarized 3.094 GeV/c muons…

NOvA is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment. It uses the NuMI beam from Fermilab and two sampling calorimeter detectors located off-axis from the beam. The NOvA experiment measures the rate of electron-neutrino appearance in the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-10-12 Biswaranjan Behera

The Muon g-2 experiment at Fermilab will measure the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon to a precision of 140 parts per billion, which is a factor of four improvement over the previous E821 measurement at Brookhaven. The experiment will…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-07-01 J. L. Holzbauer

In this paper, we discuss the possibilities offered to neutrino physics by the upgrades of the CERN accelerator complex. Emphasis is on the physics reach of a medium $\gamma$ (350-580) $\beta$-beam that fully exploits the improvements in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Donini , E. Fernandez , P. Migliozzi , S. Rigolin , L. Scotto Lavina , T. Tabarelli de Fatis , F. Terranova