PARTICLE PRODUCTION SIMULATIONS FOR THE NEUTRINO FACTORY TARGET

In the International Design Study for the Neutrino Factory (IDS-NF), a proton beam interacts with a liquid mercury jet target in order to produce pions that will decay to muons, which in turn decay to neutrinos. The target is situated in a solenoidal field tapering from 20T down to below 2T over a length of several metres, allowing for an optimised capture of pions in order to produce a useful muon beam for the machine. We present results of target particle productioncalculations using the FLUKA simulation code.