MOPD47
INFN-Napoli, Napoli, Italy
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MOPD47 |
Goals and Status of MICE, the International Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment | |
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| Muon ionization cooling provides the only practical solution to prepare high brilliance beams necessary for a neutrino factory or muon colliders. The muon ionization cooling experiment (MICE) is thus a strategic R&D project for neutrino physics. MICE is under development at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK). It comprises a dedicated beam line to generate a range of input emittance and momentum, with time-of-flight and Cherenkov detectors to ensure a pure muon beam. A first measurement of emittance is performed in the upstream magnetic spectrometer with a sci-fiber tracker. A cooling cell will then follow, alternating energy loss in Li-H absorbers and RF acceleration. A second spectrometer identical to the first and a second muon identification system provide a measurement of the outgoing emittance. In the 2010 run, completed in August, the beam and most detectors have been fully commissioned. Data analysis should be completed by the time of the Conference. The time of the first measurement of input beam emittance is closely approaching. The plan of steps of measurements, of emittance and emittance reduction (cooling), that will follow in 2011 and later, will be reported. | ||
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Poster MOPD47 [2.476 MB] | |