The Feasibility Study of the GeV-Energy Muon Source Based on HIAF

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Main Authors: Xu, Yu, Zhang, Xueheng, Yu, Yuhong, Yu, Pei, Deng, Li, Zhai, Jiajia, Chen, Liangwen, Zhao, He, Sheng, Lina, Shen, Guodong, Pan, Ziwen, Li, Qite, Zhou, Chen, Li, Qiang, Yang, Lei, Sun, Zhiyu
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author Xu, Yu
Zhang, Xueheng
Yu, Yuhong
Yu, Pei
Deng, Li
Zhai, Jiajia
Chen, Liangwen
Zhao, He
Sheng, Lina
Shen, Guodong
Pan, Ziwen
Li, Qite
Zhou, Chen
Li, Qiang
Yang, Lei
Sun, Zhiyu
author_facet Xu, Yu
Zhang, Xueheng
Yu, Yuhong
Yu, Pei
Deng, Li
Zhai, Jiajia
Chen, Liangwen
Zhao, He
Sheng, Lina
Shen, Guodong
Pan, Ziwen
Li, Qite
Zhou, Chen
Li, Qiang
Yang, Lei
Sun, Zhiyu
contents Generating a mono-energetic, high-energy muon beam using accelerator facilities can be very attractive for many purposes, for example, improving muon tomography currently limited by the low flux and wide energy spread of cosmic ray muons, and searching for muon related new physics beyond the Standard Model. One potential accelerator facility is the High Intensity Heavy-Ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF), which is currently under construction in Huizhou City, China. Considering the projectile energy and beamline length, a high-intensity and GeV-energy muon flux could be produced and delivered by the High Energy Fragment Separator beamline of the HIAF facility. In this paper, the flux intensity and purity of muon beam based on HIAF are discussed in detail. For the $μ^+$ beam, the highest muon yield reaches $8.2 \times 10^6 ~ μ$/s with the purity of approximately $2\%$ at a momentum of 3.5 GeV/c; meanwhile, for the $μ^-$ beam, the maximum muon yield is 4.2 $\times 10^6 ~ μ$/s with the purity of around $20\%$ at a momentum of 1.5 GeV/c. The results also indicate that, for muon beams with an energy of several GeV, by applying a suitable purification strategy, we can get a muon beam with a purity of 100\% and an intensity of the order of $10^5 ~ μ$/s.
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spellingShingle The Feasibility Study of the GeV-Energy Muon Source Based on HIAF
Xu, Yu
Zhang, Xueheng
Yu, Yuhong
Yu, Pei
Deng, Li
Zhai, Jiajia
Chen, Liangwen
Zhao, He
Sheng, Lina
Shen, Guodong
Pan, Ziwen
Li, Qite
Zhou, Chen
Li, Qiang
Yang, Lei
Sun, Zhiyu
Accelerator Physics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Generating a mono-energetic, high-energy muon beam using accelerator facilities can be very attractive for many purposes, for example, improving muon tomography currently limited by the low flux and wide energy spread of cosmic ray muons, and searching for muon related new physics beyond the Standard Model. One potential accelerator facility is the High Intensity Heavy-Ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF), which is currently under construction in Huizhou City, China. Considering the projectile energy and beamline length, a high-intensity and GeV-energy muon flux could be produced and delivered by the High Energy Fragment Separator beamline of the HIAF facility. In this paper, the flux intensity and purity of muon beam based on HIAF are discussed in detail. For the $μ^+$ beam, the highest muon yield reaches $8.2 \times 10^6 ~ μ$/s with the purity of approximately $2\%$ at a momentum of 3.5 GeV/c; meanwhile, for the $μ^-$ beam, the maximum muon yield is 4.2 $\times 10^6 ~ μ$/s with the purity of around $20\%$ at a momentum of 1.5 GeV/c. The results also indicate that, for muon beams with an energy of several GeV, by applying a suitable purification strategy, we can get a muon beam with a purity of 100\% and an intensity of the order of $10^5 ~ μ$/s.
title The Feasibility Study of the GeV-Energy Muon Source Based on HIAF
topic Accelerator Physics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.20915