A HIGH ENERGY, SMALL PHASE-SPACE VOLUME MUON BEAM,

Abstract

The design and performance of a high-momentum, small phase-space volume muon beam is described. The muons are photoproduced by the bremsstrahlung of electrons incident on a thick target. Pion contamination is reduced to .000003 of muon flux by a 5.5 meter beryllium filter placed immediately after the target. The optical system has two stages of momentum analysis to give an almost dispersion free beam, and a final imaging stage to clean up the tails of the beam distribution. Standard B. N. L. 3Q48 and 18D72 magnets are used throughout. At 10 GeV/c, the beam yields 100,000 muons/second in a phase-space volume of .003 sq cm steradians and a momentum band of plus or minus 1.5%. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0673961

Entities

People

  • Fernando Martín
  • Jason Cox
  • T. H. Tan
  • W. L. Lakin
  • W. T. Toner

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Beryllium
  • Bremsstrahlung
  • Contamination
  • Cooperation
  • Dispersions
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • High Energy
  • Linear Accelerators
  • Momentum
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Solar Physics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space