The front-end of IsoDAR
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 cap...
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| author | Axani, Spencer Nicholas Winklehner, Daniel Conrad, Janet Marie |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1210072022-10-01T11:11:09Z The front-end of IsoDAR Axani, Spencer Nicholas Winklehner, Daniel Conrad, Janet Marie Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science Axani, Spencer Nicholas Winklehner, Daniel Conrad, Janet Marie 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. National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant 1505858) National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant 1626069) 2019-03-18T14:40:18Z 2019-03-18T14:40:18Z 2017-02 2019-03-15T13:45:49Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/121007 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). https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8866-3826 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0715-6310 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6393-0438 http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/1.282.0484 Proceedings of 38th International Conference on High Energy Physics — PoS(ICHEP2016) Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ application/pdf Sissa Medialab Proceedings of Science |
| spellingShingle | Axani, Spencer Nicholas Winklehner, Daniel Conrad, Janet Marie The front-end of IsoDAR |
| title | The front-end of IsoDAR |
| title_full | The front-end of IsoDAR |
| title_fullStr | The front-end of IsoDAR |
| title_full_unstemmed | The front-end of IsoDAR |
| title_short | The front-end of IsoDAR |
| title_sort | front end of isodar |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/121007 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8866-3826 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0715-6310 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6393-0438 |
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