The PILAC project at LAMPF

Plans for a new pion linear accelerator (PILAC) facility at LAMPF are discussed. A reference design to take intense pion beams produced at LAMPF and to accelerate them up to 1.2 GeV/c in a new superconducting linac is reported. A new experimental facility is planned to utilize the high intensity (10{sup 9} {pi}/sec), high-resolution (200-keV) beams provided by PILAC. The major components of the scientific program made possible by this new facility are discussed.