The Acceleration and Storage of Radioactive Ions for a Neutrino Factory
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چکیده
The term beta-beam has been coined for the production of a pure beam of electron neutrinos or their antiparticles through the decay of radioactive ions circulating in a storage ring. This concept requires radioactive ions to be accelerated to a Lorentz gamma of 150 for He and 60 for Ne. The neutrino source itself consists of a storage ring for this energy range, with long straight sections in line with the experiment(s). Such a decay ring does not exist at CERN today, nor does a high-intensity proton source for the production of the radioactive ions. Nevertheless, the existing CERN accelerator infrastructure could be used as this would still represent an important saving for a betabeam facility. This paper outlines the first study, while some of the more speculative ideas will need further investigations. Neutrino Factory Conference, London, UK, 1-6 July, 2002 Geneva, Switzerland 6 November 2002
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