IPAC'24 - 15th International Particle Accelerator Conference

Intensity reach in the CERN PSB with the high-current LINAC4 source

TUPS31

21 May 2024, 16:00

2h

Blues (MCC Exhibit Hall A)

Poster Presentation MC4.A17 High Intensity Accelerators Tuesday Poster Session

Speaker

Tirsi Prebibaj (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Description

The CERN Proton Synchrotron Booster (PSB) was upgraded within the LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) project and delivers a large variety of high-intensity beams for fixed target experiments and high-brightness beams for collisions at the LHC. In the context of the Physics Beyond Colliders (PBC) study and of a possible upgrade of the ISOLDE experimental area, intensities up to 1500×1e+10 particles per ring are considered. High-intensity tests have thus been performed during machine development studies in 2023 injecting the nominal or higher beam current from Linac4. In this contribution, the intensity reach and the main performance limitations for the production of high-intensity beams in the PSB are presented. The results are compared to numerical simulations.