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The Materials and Life Science Facility (MLF) is currently under construction at J-PARC in Tokai, Japan. The muon section of the facility will house the muon production target and four secondary beam lines used to transport the muons into two experimental halls. Currently, one of the four beam lines (the Decay beam line) has been completed and is operational. The beam line currently under construction is the large acceptance beam line (the so called Super-Omega beam line) which, when completed, will produce the highest intensity pulsed muon beam in the world. The expected rate of surface muons for this beam line is 4×108 μ+/s, and a cloud muon rate of 107 μ-/s. The beam line consists of the normal-conducting capture solenoids, the superconducting curved transport solenoids, and an axial focusing magnet. The capture solenoids have been fabricated and installed on the beam line, while the transport solenoids are under design, with initial prototype coils under fabrication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Materials and Life Science Facility (MLF) is currently under construction at J-PARC in Tokai, Japan. The muon section of the facility will house the muon production target and four secondary beamlines used to transport the muons into two experimental halls. One of the beamlines is a large acceptance beamline (the so called Super Omega Muon beamline) which, when completed, will produce the largest intensity pulse muon beam in the world. The expected rate of surface muons for this beamline is 5×108 μ+/s, and a cloud muon rate of 107 μ-/s. The extracted muons will be used for projects involving the production of ultra-slow muons as well as for muon-catalyzed fusion. The beamline consists of the normal-conducting capture solenoids, the superconducting curved transport solenoids, and the Dai Omega-type axial focusing magnet. Currently, the capture and transport solenoids are under design, with the former in its final stages and the latter being finalized for construction of test coils. The design of the Dai Omega-type axial focusing magnet is under consideration with particular emphasis on its compatibility with the transport solenoids. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]