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Natural SciencesNuclear EngineeringNuclear InstrumentationParticle PhysicsReactor PhysicsAccelerator ArchitectureAccelerator IntegrationAccelerator PhysicsCollider PhysicsAcceleratorsAdvanced Beam InjectorsBeam Acceleration SystemsBeam InjectorsBeam Loss MechanismsHeavy-ion AcceleratorsHigh-intensity Beam PhysicsInjector Design
The Main Injector (MI) at Fermilab is planning to use multi-batch slip stacking scheme in order to increase the proton intensity at the NuMI target by about a factor of 1.5.[1] [2] By using multi-batch slip stacking, a total of 11 Booster batches are merged into 6, 5 double ones and one single. We have successfully demonstrated the multi- batch slip stacking in MI and accelerated a record intensity of 4.6E13 particle per cycle to 120 GeV. The technical issues and beam loss mechanisms for multi- batch slip stacking scheme are discussed.