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The Fermilab Booster is being upgraded under the Proton Improvement Plan (PIP) to be capable of providing a proton flux of $2.25^{17}$ protons per hour. The intensity per cycle will remain at the present operational $4.3^{12}$ protons per…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-11-05 K. Seiya , C. M. Bhat , D. E. Johnson , V. V. Kapin , W. A. Pellico , C. Y. Tan , R. J. Tesarek

A novel room-temperature ion source for the production of atomic ions in electron beam within wide ranges of electron energy and current density is developed. The device can operate both as conventional Electron Beam Ion Source/Trap…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-04-05 V. P. Ovsyannikov , A. V. Nefiodov , A. A. Levin

The latest generation of IPMs installed in the Fermilab Main Injector and Recycler incorporate a 1 kG permanent magnet, a newly designed high-gain, rad-tolerant preamp, and a control grid to moderate the charge that is allowed to arrive on…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-02-11 J. R. Zagel , M. Alvarez , B. Fellenz , C. Jensen , C. Lundberg , E. McCrory , D. Slimmer , R. Thurman-Keup , D. Tinsley

The Fermilab Linac delivers 400 MeV H- beam to the rest of the accelerator chain. Providing stable intensity, energy, and emittance is key since it directly affects downstream machines. To operate high current beam, accelerators must…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2023-07-11 R. Sharankova , M. Mwaniki , K. Seiya , M. Wesley

State of the art high-current superconducting accelerators require efficient RF sources with a fast dynamic phase and power control. This allows for compensation of the phase and amplitude deviations of the accelerating voltage in the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2018-06-22 G. Kazakevich , R. Johnson , V. Lebedev , V. Yakovlev

The Proton Improvement Plan II (PIP-II) project is an essential upgrade to Fermilab's particle accelerator complex to enable the world's most intense neutrino beam for LBNF/DUNE and a broad particle physics program for many decades to come.…

Active discussion on the high energy physics priorities in the US carried out since summer of 2013 resulted in changes in Fermilab plans for future development of the existing accelerator complex. In particular, the scope of Project X was…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-02-09 Paul Derwent , Steve Holmes , Valeri Lebedev

Part-3 of "Project X: Accelerator Reference Design, Physics Opportunities, Broader Impacts". The proposed Project X proton accelerator at Fermilab, with multi-MW beam power and highly versatile beam formatting, will be a unique world-class…

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…

Over the past decade, Fermilab has focused efforts on the intensity frontier physics and is committed to increase the average beam power delivered to the neutrino and muon programs substantially. Many upgrades to the existing injector…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-10-29 C. M. Bhat

Fermilab is committed to upgrading its accelerator complex towards the intensity frontier to pursue HEP research in the neutrino sector and beyond. The upgrade has two steps: 1) the Proton Improvement Plan (PIP), which is underway, has its…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2017-05-04 C. M. Bhat

The upcoming long baseline neutrino experiments aim to enhance proton beam power to multi-MW scale and utilize large-scale detectors to address the challenge of limited event statistics. The DUNE experiment at LBNF will test the three…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2024-07-12 Ganguly Sudeshna

A microwave ion source is used as an ion source of 100-MeV proton accelerator at Korea Multipurpose Accelerator Complex (KOMAC). The specifications of the ion source are 50 keV in energy and 20 mA in peak current. The plasma is operated in…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2016-11-03 Hyeok-Jung Kwon

A multi-MW proton facility, Project X, has been proposed and is currently under development at Fermilab. We are carrying out a program of research and development aimed at integrated systems testing of critical components comprising the…

The Main Injector (MI) at Fermilab currently produces high-intensity beams of protons at energies of 120 GeV for a variety of physics experiments. Acceleration of polarized protons in the MI would provide opportunities for a rich spin…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2017-12-29 M. Xiao , W. Lorenzon , C. Aldred

Project X is a high intensity proton facility that will support a world-leading Intensity Frontier research program over the next several decades at Fermilab. When compared to other facilities in the planning stages elsewhere in the world…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2013-06-24 Stephen Holmes , Sergei Nagaitsev , Robert Tschirhart

The Proton Improvement Plan, Stage Two (PIP-II) is a program of upgrades proposed for the Fermilab injection complex, which central part is an 800 MeV, 2 mA CW SRF linac. A prototype of the PIP-II linac front end called PIP-II Injector Test…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2018-08-28 A. Shemyakin , J. -P. Carneiro , B. Hanna , V. Lebedev , L. Prost , A. Saini , V. Scarpine , V. L. S. Sista , C. Richard

The Fermilab Proton Improvement Plan II, or PIP-II, would enable the world's most intense high-energy neutrino beam and would help scientists search for rare particle physics processes. The PIP-II goal is to deliver 1.2 MW of proton beam…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2022-02-15 Sergei Nagaitsev , Valeri Lebedev

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

A new experimental area designed to develop, test and verify muon ionization cooling apparatus using the 400-MeV Fermilab Linac proton beam has been fully installed and is presently being commissioned. Initially, this area was used for…