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Title: Progress towards completion of the MICE demonstration of
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ionisation cooling of muons
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Abstract content
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The Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment (MICE) based at the Rutherford
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Appleton Laboratory aims to demonstrate 10%
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ionisation cooling of a beam of muons by its interaction with low Z
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absorber materials followed by restoration of
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longitudinal momentum in RF linacs.
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Extensions to the apparatus required to achieve STEP IV, including the
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first absorber cell, of either liquid hydrogen or
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lithium hydride, sandwiched between two particle tracking spectrometers
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shall be described. Two very large
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superconducting spectrometer solenoids (the first of which has just
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completed acceptance trials) and one focus coil
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solenoid (currently under test), manufactured in the US and UK
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respectively, will provide a magnetic field of ~ 4T in the
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volume of the two trackers and the absorber cell. The development,
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testing and integration of these challenging
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components will be reported.
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Progress towards STEPs V & VI including the 8 RF cavities to provide the
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required 8MV/m gradient in a strong magnetic
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field will be presented, including the RF drive system to deliver 2MW,
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1ms pulses of 201MHz frequency at a PRF of 1Hz,
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the distribution network to deliver 1MW to each cavity with correct RF
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phasing, diagnostics to determine the gradient and
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transit phase of the muons and the development of the very large
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diameter magnets required for the linacs.
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