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Heidt, Christopher, 17 February 2012 00:09

 
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Abstract : The muon ionization cooling experiment(MICE) is a strategic R&D p
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roject intending to demonstrate the only practical solution to prepare high 
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brilliance beams necessary for a neutrino factory or muon colliders.  MICE i
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s under development at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK). It comprises
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 a dedicated beam line to generate a range of input emittance and momentum, 
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with time-of-flight and Cherenkov detectors to ensure a pure muon beam. The 
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emittance of the incoming beam is measured in the upstream magnetic spectrom
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eter with a sci-fiber tracker. A cooling cell will then follow, alternating 
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energy loss in Li-H absorbers and RF acceleration. A second spectrometer ide
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ntical to the first and a second muon identification system measure the outg
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oing emittance. In the 2010-11 run the beam and most detectors have been ful
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ly commissioned and a first measurement of the emittance of a beam with part
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icle physics (time-of-flight) detectors has been performed. The analysis of 
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these data should be completed by the time of the Conference. The next steps
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 of more precise measurements, of emittance and emittance reduction (cooling
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), that will follow in 2012 and later, will also be outlined. 
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