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Heidt, Christopher, 17 April 2012 18:40

 
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The International Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) will carry out a
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systematic investigation of ionization cooling of a muon beam, for the future
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Neutrino Factory and the Muon Collider. As the emittance measurement will be
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done on a particle-by-particle basis, a sophisticated beam instrumentation is
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needed to measure both particle coordinates and timing vs RF in a harsh
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environment due to high particle rates, fringe magnetic fields and RF
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backgrounds. A PID system, based on three time-of-flight stations (with
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resolutions up to 50-60 ps), two Aerogel Cerenkov counters and a KLOE-like
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calorimeter (KL) has been constructed and has allowed the commissioning of the
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MICE muon beamline in 2010. It will be soon followed  by an Electron Muon Ranger
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to determine the muon range at the apparatus  downstream 
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end and later by two tracker detectors to trace incoming particles inside two
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high-field  superconducting solenoids. Detector performances will be shown and
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their use for the beamline characterization fully illustrated.
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