# A 15-MW Proton Driver for Neutrino Oscillation Experiments

## TL;DR

This paper proposes a high-power 15-MW proton driver combining a 3-GeV injector and a 17-GeV superconducting linac to enhance neutrino experiments and produce various high-intensity particle beams.

## Contribution

It introduces a novel design for a 15-MW proton driver that significantly surpasses current beam intensities for neutrino and particle physics research.

## Key findings

- Design achieves over tenfold increase in proton beam intensity.
- Enables diverse experiments with high-intensity antiproton, neutron, kaon, pion, and muon beams.
- Potential to significantly advance neutrino oscillation studies.

## Abstract

To maximize the physics potential of future neutrino oscillation experiments, it is proposed to build a 15-MW `proton driver' consisitng solely of a 3-GeV proton injector linac (PI) and a 17-GeV superconducting ILC-type linac (SCL). The proposed facility would provide proton beams with intensities more than an order of magnitude higher than those at the existing proton synchrotron complexes. Multi-MW proton beams could also be used to produce high-intensity antiproton, `cold' neutron, kaon, pion and muon beams for a diverse program of experiments in particle and nuclear physics.