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Cutaway view of the MERIT experiment. The solenoid/Hg jet system is tilted by 100~mrad with respect to the beam/floor. The 15-T magnet is cooled by LN2 and can be pulsed every 30 min. The Hg jet is 1-cm in diameter and has a velocity of 20 m/s, which presents a new, 2-interaction-length target to the beam every 20 ms. Concept of a continuous mercury jet target for an intense proton beam. The jet and beam are tilted by 100~mrad and 67~mrad, respectively, with respect to a 20-T solenoid magnet that conducts low-momentum pions into a decay channel. The MERIT Experiment, which ran at CERN in 2007, is a proof-of-principle test for a target system that converts a 4-MW proton beam into a high-intensity muon beam for either a neutrino factory complex or a muon collider. The target system is based on a free mercury jet that intercepts an intense proton beam inside a 15-T solenoidal magnet. THE MERIT HIGH-POWER TARGET EXPERIMENT AT THE CERN PS H.G. Kirk, T. Tsang, BNL, Upton, NY 11973, USA
I. Efthymiopoulos, A. Fabich, F. Haug, J. Lettry, M. Palm, H. Pereira, CERN, CH-1211 Genéve 23, Switzerland
N. Mokhov, S. Striganov, FNAL, Batavia, IL, 60510, USA
A.J. Carroll, V.B. Graves, P.T. Spampinato, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
K.T. McDonald, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
J.R.J. Bennett, O. Caretta, P. Loveridge, CCLRC, RAL, Chilton, OX11 0QX, UK
H.-J. Park, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
A 1-cm diameter, 15-m/s Hg jet at 0, 75, 175, and 375 s a...
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