A first analysis of 3-bunches and 1-bunch scenario for the SPL based Proton Driver

The SPL based proton driver for a future neutrino factory has been proposed and studied. The use of the SPL proton driver requires an accumulator and an compressor for forming the output time structure required for the neutrino factory. While the number of bunches per burst could be varied in a range of 1-6, it is preferred to be as small as possible for the muon accelerators and storage ring. Thus a scenario of fewer number of bunches is discussed in this note based on the results from the study of 6-bunches scenario. The new scenario enables to have two operation modes, 3-bunches and 1-bunch, using the same accumulator and compressor. Although not everything is covered in this first analysis, the 3-bunches and 1-bunch scenario seems achievable.