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The Physics Beyond Colliders (PBC) is a CERN exploratory study aimed to fully exploit the scientific potential of its accelerator complex and infrastructure. To enhance and complement the physics program of the Large Hadron Collider experiments, PBC provides support to different working groups.
Among them, the Beam Dump Facility (BDF) is being considered as potential general-purpose fixed-target installation for the North experimental Area (NA). Operating with high intensity 400 GeV/c proton beam slowly-extracted from the Super Proton Synchrotron on a high-Z material target, BDF jointly with the Search for Hidden Particles (SHiP) experiment will focus mainly on the research for Feebly Interacting Particles, Light Dark Matter and tau neutrino physics.
BDF/SHiP has undergone a series of exhaustive radiation effect and radiological studies with the use of FLUKA Monte Carlo code to verify the feasibility of its implementation in the NA. In this regard, this work will focus on the results proving the compliance with the requirements set by the Radiation to Electronics risks and by the CERN Radiation Protection’s code. In parallel, an optimisation and R&D of the facility design has been conducted, particularly for the mechanical and physics performance of the target.
The studies demonstrate the feasibility and the radiological optimisation of the BDF/SHiP design, which have resulted in the submission of the proposal as a High Intensity - NA experiment.
