[en] The present paper discusses a kaon factory based on a ring cyclotron for proton energy approximately 4.2 GeV and average beam current 100 to 500 μA, for which the 800 MeV cyclotron being developed in Dubna (average beam current 1 to 100 mA) will serve as the injector. (auth)

[en] A brief review is given of the current status of and future needs for kaon beam experimental facilities. Topics include: (1) kaon fluxes now available; (2) beam requirements for various experiments; (3) new accelerators; and (4) some experiments which should included in the physics program

[en] We review the performance of the Fermilab rapid-cycling Booster emphasizing those aspects which allow acceleration of up to 4.5 x 10¹³ protons per second to energies of 8 to 10 GeV. Characteristics of a kaon factory based on this machine will be discussed. (auth)

[en] This paper reports on the properties of the existing low energy separated kaon beams at the Brookhaven AGS, and the preliminary plans to construct an improved kaon line with a high resolution spectrometer for this facility. (auth)

[en] A brief review is given of the physics potential and practical design of machines to produce beams of slow K's and antiproton's 100-1000 times more intense than those at present available. Experiments with such beams would provide significant new information on (among other topics) weak decay processes and symmetry violations, the baryonic resonance spectrum, the kaon-nuclear interaction, hypernuclei, exotic atoms, the antiproton-proton interaction and medium energy neutrino scattering. High intensity K and antiproton projects from Brookhaven, CERN, Fermilab, KEK, LAMPF, SIN, TRIUMF and the USSR are described. (auth)

[en] A proposed 1-2 GeV/c kaon beam line for BNL, designed to deliver momentum analyzed negative kaon beams with intensities above 10⁶ per spill, is discussed. The beam intensity is expected to be about an order of magnitude greater than presently available and it is expected to be a clean beam with no more than 1:1 (π^-,μ^-,e^-)/K^-. The beam line will allow a detailed investigation of strangeness -2 systems as well as continued investigations of strangeness -1 systems

[en] A new kaon facility is being planned at the Brookhaven National Laboratory Alternate Gradient Synchrotron. This paper discusses experiments in hypernuclear physics that might be performed at such a facility. Recent results from the Brookhaven hypernuclear spectrometer and elsewhere are presented as an indication of future directions in hypernuclear physics research. Expectations for the performance of the new facility are outlined. (auth)

[en] The charge to this working group on experimental areas concerned a number of topics related to optimum layout of the experimental areas, the design of secondary channels and spectrometers, the floor space required for experiments and the impact of remote handling requirements on site layout. Recommendations included: 1) Plan for a second proton beamline even if not installed initially; 2) Carry out a detailed engineering design of the components for the beamlines and target cell for a configuration in which two or more secondary channel front-ends are combined; 3) Keep the experimental area floor close to grade level to minimize the cost and simplify future extensions to the building as new beamlines or facilities are required; and 4) Plan to have the extraction region accessible from above for remote servicing

[en] One of the RICHes in the velocity spectrometers of the proposed CKM experiment requires a flat mirror, situated in the high intensity kaon beam. To reduce the interaction background for the experiment, this mirror has to be as thin as possible. First glass prototypes were produced in Mexico. To test the surface quality of these prototypes, we extended the Ronchi method so flat mirrors can also be tested. We present the methods and report on results of our measurements

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