Muon Acceleration in a ‘Dogbone ’ RLA – Beam Dynamics Issues

To ensure adequate survival rates of short-lived muons, acceleration must occur at high average gradient. Initial estimate [1] shows that an RF gradient of 15 MV/m will allow survival of about 85 % of source muons throughout the RLA complex. Since muons are generated as a secondary beam they occupy large phase-space volume [2]. The accelerator must provide hig