Machine Study Status
Proton Driver design study report is completed.
- Director's letter indicates that the presently conceived road map of Fermilab is Run II - BTeV - NLC. The Proton Driver is a back up.
- We are working on a second iteration. The goal is to reduce the up front cost by a factor of two. The results will be documented as Appendix A in the Brighter Booster Physics Study Report.
- The machine study will continue at Snowmass in the M6 working group. There will be joint sessions between M6 and E1, E5.
- In the meantime, we are implementing some parts of the proton driver design report for improving the Booster performance, including
High intensity H- source
Inductive inserts
RF cavity modification
Magnet field and impedance measurement
(Linac front end improvement?)
Base line:
Ring: 12/16 GeV, 0.9/1.2 MW, 711 m
Linac:
Front end improvement
Upgrade: Linac energy and a pre-booster, 4 MW
Off line construction (zero down time)
Variations:
Ring: 8 GeV, 0.6 MW, 474 m
Linac:
Front end improvement
Upgrade: Linac energy and a pre-booster, 2 MW
Off line construction (zero down time)
Ring: Later
Linac: ¶
Front end improvement
¶ Energy upgrade (today's two talks)
On line construction (non-zero down time)
Linac: ¶
Front end improvement
¶ Energy upgrade
Off line construction (zero down time)
Linac:
Front end improvement
Pre-Booster: 2-3 GeV, 200 m
Off line construction (zero down time)