Stopping pion and muon beams at the Brookhaven AGS

Beyond the primary physics justification for stopping a π and μ beam described by A. Sachs at this meeting, there are several factors which encourage setting up such a beam at the AGS: (1) Much of the equipment, including bending and focusing magnets, the SREL meson channel itself, power supplies and shielding, is currently available from SREL and Nevis. Other laboratories, however, have expressed interest in this equipment. (2) The π/μ fluxes at the AGS would be over 100 times those that were available at SREL and over 10 times those at Nevis. (3) Although the projected fluxes would not be as high as at LAMPF, they are roughly within an order of magnitude and would have the advantage of a 40% duty factor as compared with 6% at LAMPF