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Particle Accelerator Conference '09
Conference Location
Vancouver, Canada
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Abstract
Operation of a mercury jet delivery system is presented. The delivery system is part of the Mercury Intense Target (MERIT) Experiment, a proof-of-principle experiment conducted at CERN in 2007 which demonstrated the feasibility of using an unconstrained jet of mercury as a target in a Neutrino Factory or Muon Collider. The mercury system was designed to produce a 1 cm diameter, 20 m/s jet inside a high-field (15 Tesla) solenoid magnet. A high-speed optical diagnostic system allowed observation of the interaction of the jet with both 14- and 24-GeV proton beams. Performance of the mercury system during the in-beam experiment will be presented.
