The front-end of IsoDAR
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ICHEP2016_484.pdf
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Author(s)
Axani, Spencer Nicholas
Winklehner, Daniel
Conrad, Janet Marie
Date Issued
February 2017
Journal
Proceedings of 38th International Conference on High Energy Physics — PoS(ICHEP2016)
Publisher
Sissa Medialab
Citation
Axani, Spencer, Daniel Winklehner, and Janet Conrad. “The Front-End of IsoDAR.” Proceedings of 38th International Conference on High Energy Physics — PoS(ICHEP2016) (February 6, 2017).
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Final published version
Abstract
The Isotope Decay-At-Rest (IsoDAR) experiment is a cyclotron based neutrino oscillation exper- iment that is capable of decisively searching for low-mass sterile neutrinos. This paper outlines two new approaches that the IsoDAR collaboration are pursuing in order to increase the amount of H + 2 captured in the cyclotron through innovations in the design of the front-end. A new dedicated multicusp ion source (MIST-1) is currently being commissioned and tested at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) at MIT. Based on previous results from this type of ion source, we ex- pect to be able to achieve an H+₂ current density that will be sufficient for the IsoDAR experiment. We also discuss the results of a new investigation into using a radio frequency quadrupole (RFQ) as a high-efficiency buncher to improve the injection efficiency into the cyclotron.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science
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DOI of Published Version
https://doi.org/10.22323/1.282.0484
