Upgrades to the Fermilab NuMI beamline
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Martens, Michael A.; Childress, Sam; Grossman, Nancy; Hurh, Patrick; Hylen, James; Marchionni, Alberto; McCluskey, Elaine; Damon Moore, Craig; Reilly, Robert; Tariq, Salman; Wehmann, Alan; Williams, Karlton; Miles Zwaska, Robert
- Source
- 2007 IEEE Particle Accelerator Conference (PAC) Particle Accelerator Conference, 2007. PAC. IEEE. :1712-1714 Jun, 2007
- Subject
- Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Nuclear Engineering
Robotics and Control Systems
Particle beams
Mesons
Particle beam injection
Colliding beam devices
Production
Neutrino sources
Proton accelerators
Stacking
Springs
Storage rings
- Language
- ISSN
- 1944-4680
2152-9582
The NuMI beamline at Fermilab has been delivering high-intensity muon neutrino beams to the MINOS experiment since the spring of 2005. A total of 3.4×1020 protons has been delivered to the NuMI target and a maximum beam power of 320 kW has been achieved. An upgrade of the NuMI facility increasing the beam power capability to 700 kW is planned as part of the NO?A experiment. The plans for this upgrade are presented and the possibility of upgrading the NuMI beamline to handle 1.2 MW is considered.