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View Schema6D Muon Ionization Cooling with an Inverse Cyclotron
| Authors | D. J. Summers, S. B. Bracker, L. M. Cremaldi, R. Godang, R. B. Palmer |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0510034 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0510034 |
| DOI | 10.1063/1.2190147 |
| Journal | AIPConf.Proc.821:432-436,2006 |
Abstract
A large admittance sector cyclotron filled with LiH wedges surrounded by helium or hydrogen gas is explored. Muons are cooled as they spiral adiabatically into a central swarm. As momentum approaches zero, the momentum spread also approaches zero. Long bunch trains coalesce. Energy loss is used to inject the muons into the outer rim of the cyclotron. The density of material in the cyclotron decreases adiabatically with radius. The sector cyclotron magnetic fields are transformed into an azimuthally symmetric magnetic bottle in the center. Helium gas is used to inhibit muonium formation by positive muons. Deuterium gas is used to allow captured negative muons to escape via the muon catalyzed fusion process. The presence of ionized gas in the center may automatically neutralize space charge. When a bunch train has coalesced into a central swarm, it is ejected axially with an electric kicker pulse.
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