Abstract content

The International Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) will carry out

a systematic investigation of ionization cooling of a muon beam, for the

future Neutrino Factory and the Muon Collider.

As the emittance measurement will be done on a particle-by-particle basis,

a sophisticated beam instrumentation is needed to measure both particle

coordinates and timing vs RF in a harsh environment due to high particle

rates, fringe magnetic fields and RF backgrounds.

A PID system, based on three time-of-flight stations (with resolutions up

to 50 ps), two Aerogel Cerenkov counters and a KLOE-like calorimeter (KL)

has been constructed and has allowed the commissioning of the MICE muon

beamline in 2010.  It will be followed in  2012 by an Electron Muon Ranger

to determine the muon range at its downstream end and later by two tracker

detectors to trace incoming particles inside two high-field

superconducting solenoids.

Detector performances will be shown and their use for the beamline

characterization fully illustrated.