The High Intensity Proton Accelerator Facility

Grillenberger, Joachim; Baumgarten, Christian; Seidel, Mike

doi:10.21468/SciPostPhysProc.5.002

SciPost Physics Proceedings

The High Intensity Proton Accelerator Facility

J. Grillenberger, C. Baumgarten, M. Seidel

SciPost Phys. Proc. 5, 002 (2021) · published 6 September 2021

doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhysProc.5.002
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Abstract

The High Intensity Proton Accelerator Facility at PSI routinely provides a proton beam with up to $1.4\,\rm{MW}$ power at a kinetic energy of $590\,\rm{MeV}$. The beam is used to generate neutrons in spallation targets and pions in meson production targets. The pions decay into muons and neutrinos, with applications focused on condensed matter research and particle physics at the intensity frontier. This section presents the main physics and technology concepts utilized in the facility. It includes beam dynamics, the control of beam losses and activation, power conversion, efficiency aspects, and performance figures, e.g., the availability of the facility.

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¹ Joachim Grillenberger,
¹ Christian Baumgarten,
¹ Mike Seidel

¹ Paul Scherrer Institute [PSI]