Accelerator design concept for future neutrino facilities

TL;DR

This paper reviews the design considerations for future neutrino facilities, aiming to establish a consensus baseline for a Neutrino Factory complex and critically assess various proposed schemes.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive summary of the accelerator design concepts and evaluates different neutrino factory proposals to inform future development.

Findings

Consensus on a baseline design for a Neutrino Factory complex

Critical assessment of proposed neutrino factory schemes

Identification of advantages and disadvantages of various designs

Abstract

This document summarizes the findings of the Accelerator Working Group (AWG) of the International Scoping Study (ISS) of a Future Neutrino Factory and super-beam Facility. The work of the group took place at three plenary meetings along with three workshops, and an oral summary report was presented at the NuFact06 workshop held at UC-Irvine in August, 2006. The goal was to reach consensus on a baseline design for a Neutrino Factory complex. One aspect of this endeavor was to examine critically the advantages and disadvantages of the various Neutrino Factory schemes that have been proposed in recent years.