Muon front-end chicane and acceleration

Abstract

A muon front-end system is described which includes an initial pion to muon decay channel, a reverse phase slip bending chicane and a 190–400 MeV, 88 MHz muon linac. A chicane is preferred to a phase rotation system as it leads to a more linear acceleration of the muons in a shielded, 88 MHz linac. The design proposed is compatible with the linac-compressor ring option for the proton driver of the CERN neutrino factory scheme.