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The PIP-II project is a program to upgrade the Fermilab accelerator complex. The PIP-II linac includes a 2.1 MeV Medium Energy Beam Transport (MEBT) section that incorporates a unique chopping system to perform arbitrary, bunch-by-bunch…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2018-06-25 G. Saewert , M. H. Awida , B. E. Chase , A. Chen , J. Einstein-Curtis , D. Frolov , K. Martin , H. Pfeffer , D. Wolff , S. Khole , D. Sharma

The current program at Fermilab involves the construction of a new superconducting linear accelerator (LINAC) to replace the existing warm version. The new LINAC, together with other planned improvements, is in support of proton beam…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2023-10-03 R. Thurman-Keup , T. Folan , M. Mwaniki , S. Sas-Pawlik

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 Fermilab booster has an intensity upgrade plan called the Proton Improvement plan (PIP). The flux throughput goal is 2E17 protons/hour, which is almost double the current operation at 1.1E17 protons/hour. The beam loss in the machine is…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2013-01-31 K. Seiya , J. Lackey , W. Marsh , W. Pellico , D. Still , K. Triplet , A. Waller

Fermilab is committed to upgrade its accelerator complex to support HEP experiments at the intensity frontier. The ongoing Proton Improvement Plan (PIP) enables us to reach 700 kW beam power on the NuMI neutrino targets. By the end of the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2017-04-27 C. M. Bhat

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

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

The Proton Improvement Plan - II (PIP-II) injector linac is an 800 MeV superconducting H$^-$ linac, christened Linac2, that will replace the existing 400 MeV injector to the accelerator complex at Fermilab. The higher energy, intensity and…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2026-05-12 S. Krishnagopal , M. Convery , J. Dey

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

The Proton Improvement Plan phase II (PIP-II) project currently under construction at FNAL will replace the existing 400 MeV normal conducting linac with a new 800 MeV superconducting linac. The beam power in the downstream rapid-cycling…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2024-06-03 J. -F. Ostiguy , C. M. Bhat

The completion of the PIP-II project and its superconducting linear accelerator will provide up to 1.2 MW of beam power to the LBNF/DUNE facility for neutrino physics. It will also be able to produce high-power beams directly from the linac…

Fermilab is developing a Proton Improvement Plan (PIP) to increase throughput of its proton source. The plan addresses hardware modifications to increase repetition rate and improve beam loss while ensuring viable operation of the proton…

One of the goals of the PXIE program at Fermilab is to demonstrate the capability to form an arbitrary bunch pattern from an initially CW 162.5 MHz H^{-} bunch train coming out of an RFQ. The bunch-by-bunch selection will take place in the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-01-30 Curtis Baffes , Alexander Shemyakin

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

Fermilab is planning the construction of a prototype front end of the Project X linac. The Project X Injector Experiment (PXIE) is expected to accelerate 1 mA cw H- beam up to 30 MeV. Some of the major goals of the project are to test a cw…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2013-01-30 V. A. Lebedev , A. V. Shemyakin , J. Steimel , M. Wendt , B. M. Hanna , L. R. Prost , V. E. Scarpine

For the PIP-II Injector Test (PI-Test) at Fermilab, a four-vane radio frequency quadrupole (RFQ) is designed to accelerate a 30-keV, 1-mA to 10-mA, H- beam to 2.1 MeV under both pulsed and continuous wave (CW) RF operation. The available…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2016-12-20 A. L. Edelen , S. G. Biedron , S. V. Milton , D. Bowring , B. E. Chase , J. P. Edelen , D. Nicklaus , J. Steimel

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…

The Proton Improvement Plan-II (PIP-II) is a major upgrade to the Fermilab accelerator complex, featuring a new 800-MeV Superconducting Radio-Frequency (SRF) linear accelerator (Linac) powering the accelerator complex to provide the world's…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2023-08-23 A Martinez , J Creus Prats , W Soyars , R Dhuley , B Hansen , Y Jia , A Chakravarty , M Goyal , T Banaszkiewicz , P Duda , M Stanclik

The U.S. Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel (P5) report encouraged the realization of Fermilab's Proton Improvement Plan II (PIP-II) to support future neutrino programs in the United States. PIP-II aims at enhancing the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2017-01-05 A. Vivoli

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