The Beam-Handling Magnet System for the J-PARC Neutrino Beam Line

Abstract

The facility of the long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment using the J-PARC's 50 GeV-0.75 MW proton beam is now under way. The primary proton beam line consists of three sections, i.e. the first preparation (PP) section with normal conducting magnets, the second arc (ARC) section with superconducting magnets and the third final focus (FF) section with normal conducting magnets. In the PP section, we have to clean the primary proton beam extracted from the 50 GeV-PS and transport halo-less pure beam only to the ARC section. In the FF section the magnets have to be placed very close to the pion production target and horns. Therefore the normal conducting magnets have to work in the very high radioactive environment. The R&D works on the radiation resistant magnets for handling a high-intensity proton beam have already been continued at KEK as reported in . Another important point regarding high-intensity beam handling is to realize easy maintenance of the beam line. Any magnet experiencing trouble can be easily removed from beam line and repaired remotely. For this purpose, we developed new tools for the magnet maintenance. These are automatic sling apparatus, quick alignment and installation guide, and the quick disconnect devices of cooling water and electric power. In this paper, we will report the beam line maintenance scheme developed for the neutrino beam line, as well as the design of normal conducting magnet sections