Edgecock, R., Back, J. J., Bennett, J.R.J., Booth, C.N., Brooks, S.J. and Škoro, G.P. (2010) Overview of Solid Target Studies for a Neutrino Factory. In: Proceedings of the 1st International Particle Accelerator Conference. IPAC 2010 . JACoW, Kyoto, Japan, pp. 4263-4265. ISBN 978-92-9083-352-9
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Abstract
The UK programme of high power target developments for a Neutrino Factory is centred on the study of high-Z materials (tungsten, tantalum). A description of lifetime shock tests on candidate materials is given as part of the research into a solid target solution. A fast high current pulse is applied to a thin wire of the sample material and the lifetime measured from the number of pulses before failure. These measurements are made at temperatures up to ~2000 K. The stress on the wire is calculated using the LS-DYNA code and compared to the stress expected in the real Neutrino Factory target. It has been found that tantalum is too weak to sustain prolonged stress at these temperatures but a tungsten wire has reached over 26 million pulses (equivalent to more than ten years of operation at the Neutrino Factory). An account is given of the optimisation of secondary pion production from the target and the issues related to mounting the target in the muon capture solenoid and target station are discussed.
Item Type: | Book Chapter |
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Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics |
Schools: | School of Applied Sciences |
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Depositing User: | Thomas Edgecock |
Date Deposited: | 15 Jul 2014 14:38 |
Last Modified: | 28 Aug 2021 19:03 |
URI: | http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/21168 |
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