Decay losses along the accelerator chain of the EURISOL Beta-beam baseline design

The Beta-beam is based on the acceleration and storage of radioactive ions. Due to the large number of ions required and their relatively short lifetime, beam losses due to decay are a major concern.This note presents an estimation of the decay losses for the Betabeam along the accelerator chain that comprises the CERN PS and SPS machines. For illustration purposes, the power deposition in the accelerators is compared to the nominal CNGS proton operation.