MICE File List » Blondel_IPAC_abstract.txt
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Ionization Cooling is the only practical solution to preparing high |
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brilliance muon beams for a neutrino factory or muon collider. The muon |
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ionization cooling experiment (MICE) is under development at the |
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Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK) by an international collaboration. |
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The muon beam line has been commissioned and first measurements of |
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emittance with particle physics detectors have been performed. The |
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remaining apparatus is currently under construction. First results with |
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a liquid-hydrogen absorber will be produced in 2013; a couple of years |
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later a full cell of a representative ionization cooling channel, |
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including RF re-acceleration, will be in operation. The design offers |
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opportunities for tests with various absorbers and several optics |
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configurations. Results will be compared with detailed simulations of |
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cooling channel performance to ensure full understanding of the cooling |
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process. |