The Main
Injector can accept 8 GeV protons OR antiprotons
from
Booster
The anti-proton
accumulator
The Recycler
(which shares the same tunnel)
It can
accelerate protons to 120 GeV (in a minimum of 1.4 s) and deliver them to
The antiproton
production target.
(soon) The fixed
target area.
(soon) The NUMI
beamline.
It can
accelerate protons OR
antiprotons to 150 GeV and inject them into the Tevatron.
The Main
Injector can also accept 150 GeV antiprotons from the Tevatron and decelerate them to 8
GeV for
transfer to the Recycler.
The Main
Injector is exactly 7 times the circumference of the
Booster. Allowing one empty slot for
switching, it can hold six booster
batches, in the absence of exotic stacking schemes (slip stacking, RF
barrier).
Its envisioned
that one batch will be used for stacking and the rest for NUMI and/or switchyard 120.