Project X: Broader Impacts

TL;DR

Project X is a proposed high-power proton accelerator at Fermilab designed for particle physics research and broader scientific applications, including nuclear energy and security, offering versatile beam formatting and multi-MW power.

Contribution

This paper details the broader impacts of Project X, highlighting its potential for advancing particle physics and enabling significant scientific research beyond traditional domains.

Findings

Potential to explore particle physics at the intensity frontier

Opportunities for applications in nuclear energy and security

Versatile beam formatting capabilities

Abstract

Part-3 of "Project X: Accelerator Reference Design, Physics Opportunities, Broader Impacts". The proposed Project X proton accelerator at Fermilab, with multi-MW beam power and highly versatile beam formatting, will be a unique world-class facility to explore particle physics at the intensity frontier. Concurrently, however, it can also facilitate important scientific research beyond traditional particle physics and provide unprecedented opportunities in applications to problems of great national importance in the nuclear energy and security sector. Part 1 is available as arXiv:1306.5022 [physics.acc-ph] and Part 2 is available as arXiv:1306.5009 [hep-ex].