Project X - a new multi-megawatt proton source at Fermilab

TL;DR

Project X is a multi-megawatt proton accelerator at Fermilab designed to advance particle physics, nuclear physics, and energy research through high-intensity beams and supporting future collider developments.

Contribution

It introduces a superconducting H- linac technology for multi-MW proton beams, enabling diverse high-energy physics experiments and future collider support.

Findings

Development of a superconducting H- linac based on ILC technology

Capability to deliver multi-MW beams at 60-120 GeV

Support for neutrino experiments, rare process studies, and future Muon Collider

Abstract

Project X is a multi-megawatt proton facility being developed to support intensity frontier research in elementary particle physics, with possible applications to nuclear physics and nuclear energy research, at Fermilab. The centerpiece of this program is a superconducting H- linac that will support world leading programs in long baseline neutrino experimentation and the study of rare processes. Based on technology shared with the International Linear Collider (ILC), Project X will provide multi-MW beams at 60-120 GeV from the Main Injector, simultaneous with very high intensity beams at lower energies. Project X will also support development of a Muon Collider as a future facility at the energy frontier.