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Title	Beam Loss Estimates and Control for the BNL Neutrino Facility
Author(s)	Weng, Wu-Tsung ; Beebe-Wang, Joanne ; Raparia, Deepak ; Tsoupas, Nicholaos ; Wei, Jie ; Yung Lee, Yong ; Zhang, S Y
Affiliation	(BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York)
Publication	2005
In:	21st IEEE Particle Accelerator Conference, Knoxville, TN, USA, 16 - 20 May 2005, pp.3647
Subject category	Accelerators and Storage Rings
Abstract	BNL plans to upgrade the AGS proton beam from the current 0.14 MW to higher than 1.0 MW for a very long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment. This increase in beam power is mainly due to the faster repetition rate of the AGS by a new 1.5 GeV superconductiong linac as injector, replacing the existing booster. The requirement for low beam loss is very important both to protect the beam component, and to make the hands-on maintenance possible. In this report, the design considerations for achieving high intensity and low loss will be presented. We start by specifying the beam loss limit at every physical process followed by the proper design and parameters for realising the required goals. The process considered in this paper include the emittance growth in the linac, the H<sup><font size="-1">-