MICE File List » Status_of_MICE_ICFP2012_abstract.txt
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Status of MICE, the International Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment |
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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 |
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brilliance beams necessary for a neutrino factory or muon colliders. |
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MICE is under development at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK). |
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It comprises a dedicated beam line to generate a range of input emittance |
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and momentum, with time-of-flight and Cherenkov detectors to ensure a |
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pure muon beam. The emittance of the incoming beam is measured in the |
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upstream magnetic spectrometer with a sci-fiber tracker. A cooling cell |
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will then follow, alternating energy loss in Li-H absorbers and RF |
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acceleration. A second spectrometer identical to the first and a second |
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muon identification system measure the outgoing emittance. |
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In the 2010-11 run the beam and most detectors have been fully commissioned |
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and a first measurement of the emittance of a beam with particle physics |
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(time-of-flight) detectors has been performed. The analysis of these |
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data is now completed. The next steps of more precise |
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measurements, of emittance and emittance reduction (cooling), that are |
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to follow in 2012 and later, will also be outlined. |