Syphers Research

(last updated 10/10/2022)

Past Members
  Mike Syphers
  Aakaash Narayanan
  Ben Simons
  Nathan Froemming
  Andrew Fiedler
  Prudhvi Raj Varma Chintalapati
  Nick Amato
  David Tarazona (MSU/FNAL)

(see also MSU research group; 2010-2015)
Research
Topics

  1. Muon g-2 beam line and storage ring analyses (Fermilab E989)
    • spin distribution, correlations within muon beam
    • differential decay / lost muon systematics
    • End-to-end beam line simulations for systematic error analyses
    • development and implementation of beam commissioning scenarios
    • development and implementation of wedge system for momentum spread reduction
  2. Muon to Electron Conversion (Mu2e) beam delivery (Fermilab E973)
    • slow resonant extraction
    • between-pulse particle extinction
    • future upgrade paths
  3. 100 TeV Future Circular Collider (CERN)
    • energy collimation system design and evaluation
    • general lattice/layout design and parameter optimization
    • luminosity evolution, optimization
  4. EDM storage ring design and analyses
    • modeling of large-scale electrostatic elements
    • lattice optimization for EDM searches and sensitivity analyses
    • long-term particle behavior in all-electric field lattices
  5. Adaption of Figure-8 Storage Ring to EDM analyses (Jefferson Lab)
    • participation in JLEIC design and optimization
    • optimization of JLEIC design for EDM searches
    • particle spin tracking, modeling and analyses
  6. Rare Eta Decay (REDTOP) accelerator system development (Fermilab)
    • delivery of lower-energy protons for REDTOP experiment
    • beam optics for variation of transition energy
    • transition crossing / mitigation techniques
  7. Topics in polarized beam systems
    • polarization preservation through multi-GeV rings and beam lines
    • polarization coherence in all-electric edm storage rings
    • polarimetry for edm and mdm precision measurements
  8. Topics in Medical Therapy and Research utilizing Accelerators
    • Proton and Heavy Ion accelerators for medical treatment
    • compact beam transport and acceleration systems
of possible interest:
  • Proton Improvement Plan(s) at Fermilab -- PIP-II, PIP-III
  • non-linear integrable beam optics experiments (Fermilab IOTA)
  • emittance and beam optics measurement techniques
  • design optimization tools for rings and beam lines



Some Recent
Talks and Publications
Aakaash Narayanan, Jeremy Arnold, Mark Austin, Jose Berlioz, Pierrick Hanlet, et al., "Machine Learning for Slow Spill Regulation in the Fermilab Delivery Ring for Mu2e", Proc. NA-PAC 2022, Albuquerque, pp214-217 (2022).

Mattson Thieme, Jeremy Arnold, Mark Austin, Pierrick Hanlet, Kyle Hazelwood, Aakaash Narayanan, et al., "Semantic Regression for Disentangling Beam Losses in the Fermilab Main Injector and Recycler", Proc. NA-PAC 2022, Albuquerque, pp112-115 (2022).

J.R. Berlioz, Jeremy Arnold, M.R. Austin, Pierrick Hanlet, K.J. Hazelwood, Aakaash Narayanan, et al., "Synchronous High-Frequency Distributed Readout for Edge Processing at the Fermilab Main Injector and Recycler", Proc. NA-PAC 2022, Albuquerque, pp79-82 (2022).

Kyle Hazelwood, Mark Austin, Michelle Ibrahim, Han Liu, Seda Memik, Aakaash Narayanan, et al., "Real-Time Edge AI for Distributed Systems (READS): Progress on Beam Loss De-Blending for the Fermilab Main Injector and Recycler", Proc. Intl. Part. Accel. Conf. 2021, Campinas, pp912-915 (2021).

Aakaash Narayanan, K.J. Hazelwood, Michelle Ibrahim, Han Liu, Seda Memik, et al., "Optimizing Mu2e Spill Regulation System Algorithms", Proc. Intl. Part. Accel. Conf. 2021, Campinas, pp4281-4284 (2021).

Benjamin Simons, Diktys Stratakis, Michael Syphers, "Three Approaches for Complete Measurement of the Transverse Beam Optics Along the Fermilab Muon Campus Extraction Line", DOI: 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-MOPAB269

R. Ainsworth, et al., "An Upgrade Path for the Fermilab Accelerator Complex", e-Print: 2106.02133 [physics.acc-ph] (2021).

T. Albahri et al. (Muon g-2 Collaboration), "Beam dynamics corrections to the Run-1 measurement of the muon anomalous magnetic moment at Fermilab", Phys.Rev.Accel.Beams 24, 4, 044002 (2021).

T. Albahri et al. (Muon g-2 Collaboration), "Measurement of the Positive Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment to 0.46 ppm", Phys.Rev.Lett. 126, 14, 141801 (2021).

T. Albahri et al. (Muon g-2 Collaboration), "Magnetic-field measurement and analysis for the Muon g−2g−2 Experiment at Fermilab", Phys.Rev.A 103 4, 042208 (2021).

T. Albahri et al. (Muon g-2 Collaboration), "Measurement of the anomalous precession frequency of the muon in the Fermilab Muon g−2g−2 Experiment", Phys.Rev.D 103 7, 072002 (2021).

Particle Data Group, P.A. Zyla (LBL, Berkeley) et al., "Review of Particle Physics" PTEP 2020 8, 083C01 (2020).

D.A. Tarazona, M. Berz, K. Makino, D. Stratakis, M.J. Syphers, "Dynamical simulations of the Muon Campus at Fermilab", Int.J.Mod.Phys.A 34 36, 1942033 (2019), Int.J.Mod.Phys.A 35 (2020) 29, 2092004 (erratum).

M.J. Syphers, "Muon g-2: an interplay between beam dynamics and a muon decay experiment at the precision frontier", invited talk, 10th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC'19), Melbourne, Australia (2019).
 
A. Narayanan and M.J. Syphers, "Sensitivity Analyses of All-Electric Storage Ring Designs", I10th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC'19), Melbourne, Australia (2019).

D. Stratakis, B. E. Drendel, J. P. Morgan, N. S. Froemming, and M. J. Syphers, "Commissioning and First Results of the Fermilab Muon Campus", 10th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf. (IPAC'19), Melbourne, Australia (2019).

D.A. Tarazona, M. Berz, K. Makino, D. Stratakis,  and M.J. Syphers, "Realistic Modeling of the Muon g−2 Experiment Beamlines At Fermilab", ICAP2018, Key West (2019).

D. Stratakis, et al., "Commissioning and first results of the Fermilab Muon Campus", Phys.Rev.Accel.Beams 22, no.1, 011001 (2019).

M. Syphers, "Injection and Introduction to Beam Dynamnics," invited talk, Muon g-2 Collaboration Meeting, Denver (7/16/2018).

M.J. Syphers and F. Zimmermann, "Accelerator Physics of Colliders", in M. Tanabashi et al. (Particle Data Group), Phys. Rev. D 98, 030001 (2018).

J. Bradley, et al., "Initial Studies Into Longitudinal Ionization Cooling for the Muon g-2 Experiment", Proc. IPAC2018, Vancouver (2018).

N. Froemming, et al., "Commissioning the Superconducting Magnetic Inflector System for the Muon g-2 Experiment",  Proc. IPAC2018, Vancouver (2018).

M. Syphers, "Beam Dynamics -- Storage Studies," invited talk, Muon g-2 Collaboration Meeting, Batavia (2018).

M.J. Syphers and F. Zimmermann, "Accelerator Physics of Colliders", in C. Patrignani et al. (Particle Data Group), Chin. Phys. C, 40, 100001 (2016) and 2017 update.

D. Stratakis, et al., "Accelerator performance analysis of the Fermilab Muon Campus", Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 20, 111003 (2017).

D. Stratakis, et al., "Towards Commissioning the Fermilab Muon g-2 Experiment", IPAC2017, Copenhagen, 4505-4508 (2017).

D. Stratakis, M. Convery, J.P. Morgan, D. Still, M.J. Syphers, "Simulated Performance of the Production Target for the Muon g-2 Experiment", IPAC2017, Copenhagen, 3234-3237 (2017).

D. Stratakis, B. Drendel, M.J. Syphers, "Instrumentation and its Interaction with the Secondary Beam for the Fermilab Muon Campus", IPAC2017, Copenhagen, 466-468 (2017).

A. Fiedler and M.J. Syphers, "Investigation of Beam Emittance and Beam Transport Line Optics on Polarization", Proc. APS DPF2017, arXiv:1710.02444 (2017).

Y. Alexahin, A. Liu, M.J. Syphers, "Collider-Related Lattice Design Efforts at Fermilab", ICFA Beam Dyn. Newslett., 71, 87-99 (2017).

D. Stratakis, B. Drendel, M.J. Syphers, "Instrumentation and its Interaction with the Secondary Beam for the Fermilab Muon Campus", Proc. IPAC2017, Copenhagen (2017).

D. Stratakis, M. Convery, J.P. Morgan, D. Still, M.J. Syphers, "Simulated Performance of the Production Target for the Muon g-2 Experiment",  Proc. IPAC2017, Copenhagen (2017).

D. Stratakis, M.E. Convery, J.P. Morgan, M.J. Syphers, M. Korostelev, A. Fiedler, S. Kim, J.D. Crnkovic, W.M. Morse, "Towards Commissioning the Fermilab Muon g-2 Experiment", Proc. IPAC2017, Copenhagen (2017).

D. Alt , J. Brandon, S. Krause, A. Lapierre, D. Morris, S. Nash, M. Syphers, N. Usher, A. Villari, "Commissioning Results For A Subharmonic Buncher At Rea'', Proc. 28th Linear Accel. Conf., East Lansing, 833-835 (2017).

V. Anastassopoulos, et al., "A Storage Ring Experiment to Detect a Proton Electric Dipole Moment", Rev. Sci. Inst. 87, 115116 (2016).

M.J. Syphers and S. Chattopadhyay, "Landscape of Future Accelerators at the Energy and Intensity Frontier", ICHEP, Chicago (2016).

M.J. Syphers, Beam Dynamics Issues in Very High Energy Circular p-p Colliders, invited talk, NA-PAC, Chicago (2016).

A.N. Pham, M.J. Syphers, J. Wong, S. Lund, R. Ready, "Design of a Ring for Pulse Structure Manipulation of Heavy Ion Beams at the MSU NSCL", NA-PAC, Chicago (2016).

M.J. Syphers and J.A. Johnstone, "Delivery Ring Lattice Modifications for Transitionless Deceleration", NA-PAC, Chicago (2016).

D. Stratakis, K.E. Badgley, M.E. Convery, J.P. Morgan, M.J. Syphers, J.C.T. Thangaraj, J.D. Crnkovic, W.M. Morse, "Analysis of the Transport of Muon Polarization for the Fermilab g-2 Muon Experiment", NA-PAC, Chicago (2016).

M.J. Syphers and F. Zimmermann, �Accelerator Physics of Colliders�, in C. Patrignani et al. (Particle Data Group), Chinese Physics C40, 100001 (2016).

M. J. Syphers, Landscape of Future Accelerators at the Energy and Intensity Frontier, invited talk, ICHEP, Chicago (2016).

D. Tarazona, M. Berz, R. Hipple, K. Makino, M.J. Syphers, "Muon Beam Tracking and Spin-Orbit Correlations for Precision g-2 Measurements", Proc. IPAC2016, Busan, Korea (2016).

D. Stratakis, M.E. Convery, C. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone, J.P. Morgan, M.J. Syphers, N.S. Froemming, M. Korostelev, M. Korostelev, W. Morse, V. Tishchenko, "Performance Analysis for the New g-2 Experiment at Fermilab", Proc. IPAC2016, Busan, Korea (2016). 

M.J. Syphers, Summary of parallel FCC-hh sessions, invited talk, FCC Week 2016, Rome (2016).

M.J. Syphers, History and lessons from existing and studied high energy hadron machines (SSC, VLHC, Tevatron, LHC), invited talk, FCC Week 2016, Rome (2016).

M.J. Syphers, Collimation system study plans in the US, invited talk, FCC Week 2016, Rome (2016).

M.J. Syphers, Studies toward a future 100 TeV-scale hadron collider, Physics Colloquium, IIT, Chicago (2016); also, Physics Colloquium, NIU, DeKalb (2016).

M.J. Syphers and F. Zimmermann, �Accelerator Physics of Colliders�, in K.A. Olive et al. (Particle Data Group), Chin. Phys. C, 38, 090001 (2014) and 2015 update.

M. Benedikt, B. Goddard, D. Schulte, M.J. Syphers, F. Zimmermann, "FCC-hh Hadron Collider -- Parameter Scenarios and Staging Options", Proc., IPAC2015, 2173-2176 (2015).

M.J. Syphers, Directions for Next-Generation Heavy Ion Therapy Accelerators, invited talk, International Symposium on Ion Therapy, Grapevine, TX (2015).

B. Haerer, W. Bartmann, M. Benedikt, B. J. Holzer, J. A. Osborne, D. Schulte, M.J. Syphers, R. Tomas, J. Wenninger, U. Wienands, F. Zimmermann, �Constraints on the FCC-ee Lattice from the Compatibility with the FCC Hadron Collider�, Proc., 55th ICFA Adv. Beam Dynamics Workshop on High Luminosity Circular e+e- Colliders Higgs Factory, HF2014, Beijing, 87-90 (2015).

I. Logashenko, et al., "The Measurement of the Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Muon at Fermilab", J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 44, 031211 (2015).