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Heidt, Christopher, 17 April 2012 18:40

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