2015/11/04 by Kiyomi Seiya, Seiya, K., Chandrashekhara Bhat +11
Engineering · #Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers #Particle accelerators and beam dynamics #Superconducting Materials and Applications
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1511.01467
openalex publication_date 2015/11/04 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The Fermilab Booster is being upgraded under the Proton Improvement Plan (PIP) to be capable of providing a proton flux of 2.2517 protons per hour. The intensity per cycle will remain at the present operational 4.312 protons per pulse, however the Booster beam cycle rate is going to be increased from 7.5 Hz to 15 Hz. One of the biggest challenges is to maintain the present beam loss power while the doubling the beam flux. Under PIP, there has been a large effort in beam studies and simulations to better understand the mechanisms of the beam loss. The goal is to reduce it by half by correcting and controlling the beam dynamics and by improving operational systems through hardware upgrades. This paper is going to present the recent beam study results and status of the Booster operations.