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Article
Title	New and Efficient Neutrino Factory Front-End Design
Author(s)	Gallardo, Juan C ; Fernow, Richard ; Kirk, Harold G ; Neuffer, David V ; Palmer, Robert ; Paul, Kevin ; Scott Berg, J
Affiliation	(BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York) ; (Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois) ; (Muons, Inc, Batavia)
Publication	2005
In:	21st IEEE Particle Accelerator Conference, Knoxville, TN, USA, 16 - 20 May 2005, pp.2986
Subject category	Accelerators and Storage Rings
Abstract	As part of the APS Joint Study on the Future of Neutrino Physics* we have carried out detailed studies of the Neutrino Factory front-end. A major goal of the new study was to achieve equal performance to our earlier feasibility studies** at reduced cost. The optimal channel design is described in this paper. New innovations included an adiabatic buncher for phase rotation and a simplified cooling channel with LiH absorbers. The linear channel is 295 m long and produces 0.17 muons per proton on target into the assumed accelerator transverse acceptance of 30 mm and longitudinal acceptance of 150 mm.