MICE File List » Progress_of_MICE_abstract.txt
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Progress of MICE, the International Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment |
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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 |
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muon 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, for the first time, |
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measurements of beam emittance with particle physics detectors have |
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been performed. |
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The remaining apparatus is currently under construction. First results |
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with a liquid-hydrogen absorber will be produced in 2013; a couple |
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of years later a full cell of a representative ionization cooling |
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channel, including RF re-acceleration, will be in operation. The design |
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offers opportunities to observe cooling with various absorbers and |
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several optics configurations. Results will be compared with detailed |
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simulations of cooling channel performance to ensure full understanding |
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of the cooling process. |