Speakers
Description
The goal of the ESSνSB project is to discover and measure neutrino CP Violation with unprecedented sensitivity. The associated ESSνSB H2020 Design Study is aimed at investigating and proposing a conceptual design of a new neutrino superbeam in Europe. The Target Station is a key element of this project, since it will produce a high intensity neutrino superbeam from a 5 MW proton beam delivered by the European Spallation Source at Lund. Work Package 4 of this project focuses on the optimization of the physics performance of the elements producing the beam, such as the targets and the magnetic horns, as well as on the technical aspects related to the Target Station design. The 5 MW proton beam will be split laterally into four 1.25 MW beams, each with 1.3 μs proton pulses and 14 Hz repetition rate, that will hit four separate targets inserted into four horns. The production of the neutrino beams under such conditions requires the development of technologies capable of working at a MW power scale, both for the target and for the other components of the target station facility. The status of the target station will be presented, with some possible future opportunities offered by this facility to develop complementary R&D.
This project has received funding from the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 777419, and in part from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) - Projektnummer 423761110 and from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education grant No W129/H2020/2018 from the resources for the years 2018-2021 for the realization of co-funded projects.
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