UC Davis

I present extinction beam studies, simulation and characterization of ferrite material in aid of the commissioning of the Extinction system for the Mu2e experiment. Mu2e will search for the neutrinoless-conversion of a stopped muon to an electron in the field of a nucleus with never before seen sensitivity. The background level required for a single-event-sensitivity of 3x10^(−17) is 10^(-10), meaning out-of-time particles on the production target must be at or below this fractional level (extinction level) to achieve the experimental goal. Presented here is work on the design and evaluation process of the novel AC Dipole magnet responsible for the majority of the extinction process, with special focus on the loss characterization process of the ferrite material used. Longitudinal beam structure and impedance studies with the Beam Longitudinal Dynamics (BLonD) simulation framework for the Mu2e experiment are also presented here, along with corroborating beam studies.