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Coney, L.

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TUP111	Status of MICE, the International Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment	671
	M. Popovic Fermilab, Batavia L. Coney UCR, Riverside, California P.M. Hanlet IIT, Chicago, Illinois D.M. Kaplan Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois
	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. It 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 scintillating fiber tracker. A cooling cell will then follow, alternating energy loss in liquid hydrogen and RF acceleration. A second spectrometer identical to the first one and a particle 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. 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. I submit this as chair of the MICE speakers bureau. If accepted, I will find a member of the collaboration that will register to the conference and present the contribution.

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TUP111

Status of MICE, the International Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment

671

M. Popovic
Fermilab, Batavia
L. Coney
UCR, Riverside, California
P.M. Hanlet
IIT, Chicago, Illinois
D.M. Kaplan
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois

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. It 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 scintillating fiber tracker. A cooling cell will then follow, alternating energy loss in liquid hydrogen and RF acceleration. A second spectrometer identical to the first one and a particle 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. 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.

I submit this as chair of the MICE speakers bureau. If accepted, I will find a member of the collaboration that will register to the conference and present the contribution.