The beta-beam: acceleration and storage of radioactive ions for an electron neutrino factory

by Mats LINDROOS (CERN/AB-OP)

Thursday 10 Apr 2003, 11:00 → 12:00 Europe/Zurich

PS Auditorium (CERN)

The term beta-beam has been coined for the production of a pure beam of electron neutrinos or their antiparticles through the decay of radioactive ions circulating in a storage ring. This concept requires radioactive ions to be accelerated to a Lorentz gamma of 150 for 6He and 60 for 18Ne. The neutrino source itself consists of a storage ring for this energy range, with long straight sections in line with the experiment(s). Such a decay ring does not exist at CERN today, nor does a high-intensity proton source for the production of the radioactive ions. Nevertheless, the existing CERN accelerator infrastructure could be used as this would still represent an important saving for a beta-beam facility. In this talk I will present the so-called CERN base-line scenario and give a summary of the outcome of the "beta-beam" workshop, which was held as part of this years electro-weak Moriond meeting in Les Arcs.


Organiser(s): Werner Herr (AB/ABP)
Information: http://cern.ch/AB-seminar/