A proposed new accelerator complex at Fermilab would open up the Intensity Frontier of particle physics.
Project X would provide, by a large margin, the best neutrino, kaon and muon beams. The proposed facility would allow for numerous experiments at the intensity frontier. The facility also would allow scientists to develop the technologies for a future machine at the energy frontier.
Located 45 miles west of Chicago, Fermilab's particle accelerator complex provides beam to particle physics experiments, test facilities and a cancer treatment center. The proposed Project X would fit on the Fermilab site and replace the 40-year-old linear accelerator and booster ring.
Project X is based on a 3 GeV continuous-wave superconducting H- linac. Further acceleration to 8 GeV, injected into Fermilab's existing Recycler/Main Injector complex, will support long-baseline neutrino experiments. Project X will provide 3 MW of total beam power to the 3 GeV program, simultaneously with 2 MW to a neutrino production target at 60-120 GeV.