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1. Transverse Emittance Reduction in Muon Beams by Ionization Cooling

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The MICE Collaboration, Bogomilov, M., Tsenov, R., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Song, Y. P., Tang, J. Y., Li, Z. H., Bertoni, R., Bonesini, M., Chignoli, F., Mazza, R., de Bari, A., Orestano, D., Tortora, L., Kuno, Y., Sakamoto, H., Sato, A., Ishimoto, S., Chung, M., Sung, C. K., Filthaut, F., Fedorov, M., Jokovic, D., Maletic, D., Savic, M., Jovancevic, N., Nikolov, J., Vretenar, M., Ramberger, S., Asfandiyarov, R., Blondel, A., Drielsma, F., Karadzhov, Y., Boyd, S., Greis, J. R., Lord, T., Pidcott, C., Taylor, I., Charnley, G., Collomb, N., Dumbell, K., Gallagher, A., Grant, A., Griffiths, S., Hartnett, T., Martlew, B., Moss, A., Muir, A., Mullacrane, I., Oates, A., Owens, P., Stokes, G., Warburton, P., White, C., Adams, D., Bayliss, V., Boehm, J., Bradshaw, T. W., Brown, C., Courthold, M., Govans, J., Hayler, T., Hills, M., Lagrange, J. B., Macwaters, C., Nichols, A., Preece, R., Ricciardi, S., Rogers, C., Stanley, T., Tarrant, J., Tucker, M., Watson, S., Wilson, A., Bayes, R., Nugent, J. C., Soler, F. J. P., Chatzitheodoridis, G. T., Dick, A. J., Ronald, K., Whyte, C. G., Young, A. R., Gamet, R., Cooke, P., Blackmore, V. J., Colling, D., Dobbs, A., Dornan, P., Franchini, P., Hunt, C., Jurj, P. B., Kurup, A., Long, K., Martyniak, J., Middleton, S., Pasternak, J., Uchida, M. A., Cobb, J. H., Booth, C. N., Hodgson, P., Langlands, J., Overton, E., Pec, V., Smith, P. J., Wilbur, S., Ellis, M., Gardener, R. B. S., Kyberd, P., Nebrensky, J. J., DeMello, A., Gourlay, S., Lambert, A., Li, D., Luo, T., Prestemon, S., Virostek, S., Palmer, M., Witte, H., Adey, D., Bross, A. D., Bowring, D., Liu, A., Neuffer, D., Popovic, M., Rubinov, P., Freemire, B., Hanlet, P., Kaplan, D. M., Mohayai, T. A., Rajaram, D., Snopok, P., Torun, Y., Cremaldi, L. M., Sanders, D. A., Coney, L. R., Hanson, G. G., and Heidt, C.

Subjects
Physics - Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

Accelerated muon beams have been considered for next-generation studies of high-energy lepton-antilepton collisions and neutrino oscillations. However, high-brightness muon beams have not yet been produced. The main challenge for muon acceleration and storage stems from the large phase-space volume occupied by the beam, derived from the muon production mechanism through the decay of pions from proton collisions. Ionization cooling is the technique proposed to decrease the muon beam phase-space volume. Here we demonstrate a clear signal of ionization cooling through the observation of transverse emittance reduction in beams that traverse lithium hydride or liquid hydrogen absorbers in the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE). The measurement is well reproduced by the simulation of the experiment and the theoretical model. The results shown here represent a substantial advance towards the realization of muon-based facilities that could operate at the energy and intensity frontiers., Comment: 23 pages and 5 figures

Published
2023

2. Multiple Coulomb Scattering of muons in Lithium Hydride

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Bogomilov, M., Tsenov, R., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Song, Y. P., Tang, J. Y., Li, Z. H., Bertoni, R., Bonesini, M., Chignoli, F., Mazza, R., Palladino, V., de Bari, A., Orestano, D., Tortora, L., Kuno, Y., Sakamoto, H., Sato, A., Ishimoto, S., Chung, M., Sung, C. K., Filthaut, F., Fedorov, M., Jokovic, D., Maletic, D., Savic, M., Jovancevic, N., Nikolov, J., Vretenar, M., Ramberger, S., Asfandiyarov, R., Blondel, A., Drielsma, F., Karadzhov, Y., Charnley, G., Collomb, N., Dumbell, K., Gallagher, A., Grant, A., Griffiths, S., Hartnett, T., Martlew, B., Moss, A., Muir, A., Mullacrane, I., Oates, A., Owens, P., Stokes, G., Warburton, P., White, C., Adams, D., Bayliss, V., Boehm, J., Bradshaw, T. W., Brown, C., Courthold, M., Govans, J., Hills, M., Lagrange, J. -B., Macwaters, C., Nichols, A., Preece, R., Ricciardi, S., Rogers, C., Stanley, T., Tarrant, J., Tucker, M., Watson, S., Wilson, A., Bayes, R., Nugent, J. C., Soler, F. J. P., Gamet, R., Cooke, P., Blackmore, V. J., Colling, D., Dobbs, A., Dornan, P., Franchini, P., Hunt, C., Jurj, P. B., Kurup, A., Long, K., Martyniak, J., Middleton, S., Pasternak, J., Uchida, M. A., Cobb, J. H., Booth, C. N., Hodgson, P., Langlands, J., Overton, E., Pec, V., Smith, P. J., Wilbur, S., Chatzitheodoridis, G. T., Dick, A. J., Ronald, K., Whyte, C. G., Young, A. R., Boyd, S., Greis, J. R., Lord, T., Pidcott, C., Taylor, I., Ellis, M., Gardener, R. B. S., Kyberd, P., Nebrensky, J. J., Palmer, M., Witte, H., Adey, D., Bross, A. D., Bowring, D., Hanlet, P., Liu, A., Neuffer, D., Popovic, M., Rubinov, P., DeMello, A., Gourlay, S., Lambert, A., Li, D., Luo, T., Prestemon, S., Virostek, S., Freemire, B., Kaplan, D. M., Mohayai, T. A., Rajaram, D., Snopok, P., Torun, Y., Cremaldi, L. M., Sanders, D. A., Summers, D. J., Coney, L. R., Hanson, G. G., and Heidt, C.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

Multiple Coulomb Scattering (MCS) is a well known phenomenon occurring when charged particles traverse materials. Measurements of muons traversing low $Z$ materials made in the MuScat experiment showed that theoretical models and simulation codes, such as GEANT4 (v7.0), over-estimated the scattering. The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) measured the cooling of a muon beam traversing a liquid hydrogen or lithium hydride (LiH) energy absorber as part of a programme to develop muon accelerator facilities, such as a Neutrino Factory or a Muon Collider. The energy loss and MCS that occur in the absorber material are competing effects that alter the performance of the cooling channel. Therefore measurements of MCS are required in order to validate the simulations used to predict the cooling performance in future accelerator facilities. We report measurements made in the MICE apparatus of MCS using a LiH absorber and muons within the momentum range 160 to 245 MeV/c. The measured RMS scattering width is about 9% smaller than that predicted by the approximate formula proposed by the Particle Data Group. Data at 172, 200 and 240 MeV/c are compared to the GEANT4 (v9.6) default scattering model. These measurements show agreement with this more recent GEANT4 (v9.6) version over the range of incident muon momenta., Comment: 20 pages, 14 figures, journal

Published
2022
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3. Performance of the MICE diagnostic system

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The MICE collaboration, Bogomilov, M., Tsenov, R., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Song, Y. P., Tang, J. Y., Li, Z. H., Bertoni, R., Bonesini, M., Chignoli, F., Mazza, R., Palladino, V., de Bari, A., Orestano, D., Tortora, L., Kuno, Y., Sakamoto, H., Sato, A., Ishimoto, S., Chung, M., Sung, C. K., Filthaut, F., Fedorov, M., Jokovic, D., Maletic, D., Savic, M., Jovancevic, N., Nikolov, J., Vretenar, M., Ramberger, S., Asfandiyarov, R., Blondel, A., Drielsma, F., Karadzhov, Y., Charnley, G., Collomb, N., Dumbell, K., Gallagher, A., Grant, A., Griffiths, S., Hartnett, T., Martlew, B., Moss, A., Muir, A., Mullacrane, I., Oates, A., Owens, P., Stokes, G., Warburton, P., White, C., Adams, D., Bayliss, V., Boehm, J., Bradshaw, T. W., Brown, C., Courthold, M., Govans, J., Hills, M., Lagrange, J. -B., Macwaters, C., Nichols, A., Preece, R., Ricciardi, S., Rogers, C., Stanley, T., Tarrant, J., Tucker, M., Watson, S., Wilson, A., Bayes, R., Nugent, J. C., Soler, F. J. P., Gamet, R., Cooke, P., Blackmore, V. J., Colling, D., Dobbs, A., Dornan, P., Franchini, P., Hunt, C., Jurj, P. B., Kurup, A., Long, K., Martyniak, J., Middleton, S., Pasternak, J., Uchida, M. A., Cobb, J. H., Booth, C. N., Hodgson, P., Langlands, J., Overton, E., Pec, V., Smith, P. J., Wilbur, S., Chatzitheodoridis, G. T., Dick, A. J., Ronald, K., Whyte, C. G., Young, A. R., Boyd, S., Greis, J. R., Lord, T., Pidcott, C., Taylor, I., Ellis, M., Gardener, R. B. S., Kyberd, P., Nebrensky, J. J., Palmer, M., Witte, H., Adey, D., Bross, A. D., Bowring, D., Hanlet, P., Liu, A., Neuffer, D., Popovic, M., Rubinov, P., DeMello, A., Gourlay, S., Lambert, A., Li, D., Luo, T., Prestemon, S., Virostek, S., Freemire, B., Kaplan, D. M., Mohayai, T. A., Rajaram, D., Snopok, P., Torun, Y., Cremaldi, L. M., Sanders, D. A., Summers, D. J., Coney, L. R., Hanson, G. G., and Heidt, C.

Subjects
Physics - Accelerator Physics
Abstract

Muon beams of low emittance provide the basis for the intense, well-characterised neutrino beams of a neutrino factory and for multi-TeV lepton-antilepton collisions at a muon collider. The international Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) has demonstrated the principle of ionization cooling, the technique by which it is proposed to reduce the phase-space volume occupied by the muon beam at such facilities. This paper documents the performance of the detectors used in MICE to measure the muon-beam parameters, and the physical properties of the liquid hydrogen energy absorber during running., Comment: 27 pages, 18 figures

Published
2021
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4. First demonstration of ionization cooling by the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment

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Bogomilov, M., Tsenov, R., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Song, Y. P., Tang, J. Y., Li, Z. H., Bertoni, R., Bonesini, M., Chignoli, F., Mazza, R., Palladino, V., de Bari, A., Orestano, D., Tortora, L., Kuno, Y., Sakamoto, H., Sato, A., Ishimoto, S., Chung, M., Sung, C. K., Filthaut, F., Jokovic, D., Maletic, D., Savic, M., Jovancevic, N., Nikolov, J., Vretenar, M., Ramberger, S., Asfandiyarov, R., Blondel, A., Drielsma, F., Karadzhov, Y., Charnley, G., Collomb, N., Dumbell, K., Gallagher, A., Grant, A., Griffiths, S., Hartnett, T., Martlew, B., Moss, A., Muir, A., Mullacrane, I., Oates, A., Owens, P., Stokes, G., Warburton, P., White, C., Adams, D., Bayliss, V., Boehm, J., Bradshaw, T. W., Brown, C., Courthold, M., Govans, J., Hills, M., Lagrange, J. -B., Macwaters, C., Nichols, A., Preece, R., Ricciardi, S., Rogers, C., Stanley, T., Tarrant, J., Tucker, M., Watson, S., Wilson, A., Bayes, R., Nugent, J. C., Soler, F. J. P., Gamet, R., Cooke, P., Blackmore, V. J., Colling, D., Dobbs, A., Dornan, P., Franchini, P., Hunt, C., Jurj, P. B., Kurup, A., Long, K., Martyniak, J., Middleton, S., Pasternak, J., Uchida, M. A., Cobb, J. H., Booth, C. N., Hodgson, P., Langlands, J., Overton, E., Pec, V., Smith, P. J., Wilbur, S., Chatzitheodoridis, G. T., Dick, A. J., Ronald, K., Whyte, C. G., Young, A. R., Boyd, S., Greis, J. R., Lord, T., Pidcott, C., Taylor, I., Ellis, M., Gardener, R. B. S., Kyberd, P., Nebrensky, J. J., Palmer, M., Witte, H., Adey, D., Bross, A. D., Bowring, D., Hanlet, P., Liu, A., Neuffer, D., Popovic, M., Rubinov, P., DeMello, A., Gourlay, S., Lambert, A., Li, D., Luo, T., Prestemon, S., Virostek, S., Freemire, B., Kaplan, D. M., Mohayai, T. A., Snopok, P., Torun, Y., Cremaldi, L. M., Sanders, D. A., Summers, D. J., Coney, L. R., Hanson, G. G., and Heidt, C.

Subjects
Physics - Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

High-brightness muon beams of energy comparable to those produced by state-of-the-art electron, proton and ion accelerators have yet to be realised. Such beams have the potential to carry the search for new phenomena in lepton-antilepton collisions to extremely high energy and also to provide uniquely well-characterised neutrino beams. A muon beam may be created through the decay of pions produced in the interaction of a proton beam with a target. To produce a high-brightness beam from such a source requires that the phase space volume occupied by the muons be reduced (cooled). Ionization cooling is the novel technique by which it is proposed to cool the beam. The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment collaboration has constructed a section of an ionization cooling cell and used it to provide the first demonstration of ionization cooling. We present these ground-breaking measurements., Comment: 19 pages and 6 figures

Published
2019

5. MAUS: The MICE Analysis User Software

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Asfandiyarov, R., Bayes, R., Blackmore, V., Bogomilov, M., Colling, D., Dobbs, A. J., Drielsma, F., Drews, M., Ellis, M., Fedorov, M., Franchini, P., Gardener, R., Greis, J. R., Hanlet, P. M., Heidt, C., Hunt, C., Kafka, G., Karadzhov, Y., Kurup, A., Kyberd, P., Littlefield, M., Liu, A., Long, K., Maletic, D., Martyniak, J., Middleton, S., Mohayai, T., Nebrensky, J. J., Nugent, J. C., Overton, E., Pec, V., Pidcott, C. E., Rajaram, D., Rayner, M., Reid, I. D., Rogers, C. T., Santos, E., Savic, M., Taylor, I., Torun, Y., Tunnell, C. D., Uchida, M. A., Verguilov, V., Walaron, K., Winter, M., and Wilbur, S.

Subjects
Physics - Computational Physics
Abstract

The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) collaboration has developed the MICE Analysis User Software (MAUS) to simulate and analyze experimental data. It serves as the primary codebase for the experiment, providing for offline batch simulation and reconstruction as well as online data quality checks. The software provides both traditional particle-physics functionalities such as track reconstruction and particle identification, and accelerator physics functions, such as calculating transfer matrices and emittances. The code design is object orientated, but has a top-level structure based on the Map-Reduce model. This allows for parallelization to support live data reconstruction during data-taking operations. MAUS allows users to develop in either Python or C++ and provides APIs for both. Various software engineering practices from industry are also used to ensure correct and maintainable code, including style, unit and integration tests, continuous integration and load testing, code reviews, and distributed version control. The software framework and the simulation and reconstruction capabilities are described.

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2018
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6. First particle-by-particle measurement of emittance in the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment

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The MICE Collaboration, Adams, D., Adey, D., Asfandiyarov, R., Barber, G., de Bari, A., Bayes, R., Bayliss, V., Bertoni, R., Blackmore, V., Blondel, A., Boehm, J., Bogomilov, M., Bonesini, M., Booth, C. N., Bowring, D., Boyd, S., Bradshaw, T. W., Bross, A. D., Brown, C., Coney, L., Charnley, G., Chatzitheodoridis, G. T., Chignoli, F., Chung, M., Cline, D., Cobb, J. H., Colling, D., Collomb, N., Cooke, P., Courthold, M., Cremaldi, L. M., DeMello, A., Dick, A. J., Dobbs, A., Dornan, P., Drielsma, F., Dumbell, K., Ellis, M., Filthaut, F., Franchini, P., Freemire, B., Gallagher, A., Gamet, R., Gardener, R. B. S., Gourlay, S., Grant, A., Greis, J. R., Griffiths, S., Hanlet, P., Hanson, G. G., Hartnett, T., Heidt, C., Hodgson, P., Hunt, C., Ishimoto, S., Jokovic, D., Jurj, P. B., Kaplan, D. M., Karadzhov, Y., Klier, A., Kuno, Y., Kurup, A., Kyberd, P., Lagrange, J-B., Langlands, J., Lau, W., Li, D., Li, Z., Liu, A., Long, K., Lord, T., Macwaters, C., Maletic, D., Martlew, B., Martyniak, J., Mazza, R., Middleton, S., Mohayai, T. A., Moss, A., Muir, A., Mullacrane, I., Nebrensky, J. J., Neuffer, D., Nichols, A., Nugent, J. C., Oates, A., Orestano, D., Overton, E., Owens, P., Palladino, V., Palmer, M., Pasternak, J., Pec, V., Pidcott, C., Popovic, M., Preece, R., Prestemon, S., Rajaram, D., Ricciardi, S., Robinson, M., Rogers, C., Ronald, K., Rubinov, P., Sakamoto, H., Sanders, D. A., Sato, A., Savic, M., Snopok, P., Smith, P. J., Soler, F. J. P., Song, Y., Stanley, T., Stokes, G., Suezaki, V., Summers, D. J., Sung, C. K., Tang, J., Tarrant, J., Taylor, I., Tortora, L., Torun, Y., Tsenov, R., Tucker, M., Uchida, M. A., Virostek, S., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Warburton, P., Wilbur, S., Wilson, A., Witte, H., White, C., Whyte, C. G., Yang, X., Young, A. R., and Zisman, M.

Subjects
Physics - Accelerator Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) collaboration seeks to demonstrate the feasibility of ionization cooling, the technique by which it is proposed to cool the muon beam at a future neutrino factory or muon collider. The emittance is measured from an ensemble of muons assembled from those that pass through the experiment. A pure muon ensemble is selected using a particle-identification system that can reject efficiently both pions and electrons. The position and momentum of each muon are measured using a high-precision scintillating-fibre tracker in a 4\,T solenoidal magnetic field. This paper presents the techniques used to reconstruct the phase-space distributions and reports the first particle-by-particle measurement of the emittance of the MICE Muon Beam as a function of muon-beam momentum.

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2018
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7. Design and expected performance of the MICE demonstration of ionization cooling

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MICE Collaboration, Bogomilov, M., Tsenov, R., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Song, Y., Tang, J., Li, Z., Bertoni, R., Bonesini, M., Chignoli, F., Mazza, R., Palladino, V., de Bari, A., Cecchet, G., Orestano, D., Tortora, L., Kuno, Y., Ishimoto, S., Filthaut, F., Jokovic, D., Maletic, D., Savic, M., Hansen, O. M., Ramberger, S., Vretenar, M., Asfandiyarov, R., Blondel, A., Drielsma, F., Karadzhov, Y., Charnley, G., Collomb, N., Gallagher, A., Grant, A., Griffiths, S., Hartnett, T., Martlew, B., Moss, A., Muir, A., Mullacrane, I., Oates, A., Owens, P., Stokes, G., Tucker, M., Warburton, P., White, C., Adams, D., Anderson, R. J., Barclay, P., Bayliss, V., Boehm, J., Bradshaw, T. W., Courthold, M., Dumbell, K., Francis, V., Fry, L., Hayler, T., Hills, M., Lintern, A., Macwaters, C., Nichols, A., Preece, R., Ricciardi, S., Rogers, C., Stanley, T., Tarrant, J., Wilson, A., Watson, S., Bayes, R., Nugent, J. C., Soler, F. J. P., Gamet, R., Barber, G., Blackmore, V. J., Colling, D., Dobbs, A., Dornan, P., Hunt, C., Kurup, A., Lagrange, J-B., Long, K., Martyniak, J., Middleton, S., Pasternak, J., Uchida, M. A., Cobb, J. H., Lau, W., Booth, C. N., Hodgson, P., Langlands, J., Overton, E., Robinson, M., Smith, P. J., Wilbur, S., Dick, A. J., Ronald, K., Whyte, C. G., Young, A. R., Boyd, S., Franchini, P., Greis, J. R., Pidcott, C., Taylor, I., Gardener, R. B. S., Kyberd, P., Nebrensky, J. J., Palmer, M., Witte, H., Bross, A. D., Bowring, D., Liu, A., Neuffer, D., Popovic, M., Rubinov, P., DeMello, A., Gourlay, S., Li, D., Prestemon, S., Virostek, S., Freemire, B., Hanlet, P., Kaplan, D. M., Mohayai, T. A., Rajaram, D., Snopok, P., Suezaki, V., Torun, Y., Onel, Y., Cremaldi, L. M., Sanders, D. A., Summers, D. J., Hanson, G. G., and Heidt, C.

Subjects
Physics - Accelerator Physics
Abstract

Muon beams of low emittance provide the basis for the intense, well-characterised neutrino beams necessary to elucidate the physics of flavour at a neutrino factory and to provide lepton-antilepton collisions at energies of up to several TeV at a muon collider. The international Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) aims to demonstrate ionization cooling, the technique by which it is proposed to reduce the phase-space volume occupied by the muon beam at such facilities. In an ionization-cooling channel, the muon beam passes through a material in which it loses energy. The energy lost is then replaced using RF cavities. The combined effect of energy loss and re-acceleration is to reduce the transverse emittance of the beam (transverse cooling). A major revision of the scope of the project was carried out over the summer of 2014. The revised experiment can deliver a demonstration of ionization cooling. The design of the cooling demonstration experiment will be described together with its predicted cooling performance., Comment: 21 pages, 10 figures

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2017
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8. Pion contamination in the MICE muon beam

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Adams, D., Alekou, A., Apollonio, M., Asfandiyarov, R., Barber, G., Barclay, P., de Bari, A., Bayes, R., Bayliss, V., Bertoni, R., Blackmore, V. J., Blondel, A., Blot, S., Bogomilov, M., Bonesini, M., Booth, C. N., Bowring, D., Boyd, S., Bradshaw, T. W., Bravar, U., Bross, A. D., Capponi, M., Carlisle, T., Cecchet, G., Charnley, C., Chignoli, F., Cline, D., Cobb, J. H., Colling, G., Collomb, N., Coney, L., Cooke, P., Courthold, M., Cremaldi, L. M., DeMello, A., Dick, A., Dobbs, A., Dornan, P., Drews, M., Drielsma, F., Filthaut, F., Fitzpatrick, T., Franchini, P., Francis, V., Fry, L., Gallagher, A., Gamet, R., Gardener, R., Gourlay, S., Grant, A., Greis, J. R., Griffiths, S., Hanlet, P., Hansen, O. M., Hanson, G. G., Hart, T. L., Hartnett, T., Hayler, T., Heidt, C., Hills, M., Hodgson, P., Hunt, C., Iaciofano, A., Ishimoto, S., Kafka, G., Kaplan, D. M., Karadzhov, Y., Kim, Y. K., Kuno, Y., Kyberd, P., Lagrange, J-B, Langlands, J., Lau, W., Leonova, M., Li, D., Lintern, A., Littlefield, M., Long, K., Luo, T., Macwaters, C., Martlew, B., Martyniak, J., Mazza, R., Middleton, S., Moretti, A., Moss, A., Muir, A., Mullacrane, I., Nebrensky, J. J., Neuffer, D., Nichols, A., Nicholson, R., Nugent, J. C., Oates, A., Onel, Y., Orestano, D., Overton, E., Owens, P., Palladino, V., Pasternak, J., Pastore, F., Pidcott, C., Popovic, M., Preece, R., Prestemon, S., Rajaram, D., Ramberger, S., Rayner, M. A., Ricciardi, S., Roberts, T. J., Robinson, M., Rogers, C., Ronald, K., Rubinov, P., Rucinski, P., Sakamato, H., Sanders, D. A., Santos, E., Savidge, T., Smith, P. J., Snopok, P., Soler, F. J. P., Speirs, D., Stanley, T., Stokes, G., Summers, D. J., Tarrant, J., Taylor, I., Tortora, L., Torun, Y., Tsenov, R., Tunnell, C. D., Uchida, M. A., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Virostek, S., Vretenar, M., Warburton, P., Watson, S., White, C., Whyte, C. G., Wilson, A., Winter, M., Yang, X., Young, A., and Zisman, M.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The international Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) will perform a systematic investigation of ionization cooling with muon beams of momentum between 140 and 240\,MeV/c at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory ISIS facility. The measurement of ionization cooling in MICE relies on the selection of a pure sample of muons that traverse the experiment. To make this selection, the MICE Muon Beam is designed to deliver a beam of muons with less than $\sim$1\% contamination. To make the final muon selection, MICE employs a particle-identification (PID) system upstream and downstream of the cooling cell. The PID system includes time-of-flight hodoscopes, threshold-Cherenkov counters and calorimetry. The upper limit for the pion contamination measured in this paper is $f_\pi < 1.4\%$ at 90\% C.L., including systematic uncertainties. Therefore, the MICE Muon Beam is able to meet the stringent pion-contamination requirements of the study of ionization cooling., Comment: 16 pages, 7 figures

Published
2015
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9. First particle-by-particle measurement of emittance in the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment

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MICE Collaboration, Adams, D., Adey, D., Asfandiyarov, R., Barber, G., de Bari, A., Bayes, R., Bayliss, V., Bertoni, R., Blackmore, V., Blondel, A., Boehm, J., Bogomilov, M., Bonesini, M., Booth, C. N., Bowring, D., Boyd, S., Bradshaw, T. W., Bross, A. D., Brown, C., Charnley, G., Chatzitheodoridis, G. T., Chignoli, F., Chung, M., Cline, D., Cobb, J. H., Colling, D., Collomb, N., Cooke, P., Courthold, M., Cremaldi, L. M., DeMello, A., Dick, A. J., Dobbs, A., Dornan, P., Drielsma, F., Dumbell, K., Ellis, M., Filthaut, F., Franchini, P., Freemire, B., Gallagher, A., Gamet, R., Gardener, R. B. S., Gourlay, S., Grant, A., Greis, J. R., Griffiths, S., Hanlet, P., Hanson, G. G., Hartnett, T., Heidt, C., Hodgson, P., Hunt, C., Ishimoto, S., Jokovic, D., Jurj, P. B., Kaplan, D. M., Karadzhov, Y., Klier, A., Kuno, Y., Kurup, A., Kyberd, P., Lagrange, J-B., Langlands, J., Lau, W., Li, D., Li, Z., Liu, A., Long, K., Lord, T., Macwaters, C., Maletic, D., Martlew, B., Martyniak, J., Mazza, R., Middleton, S., Mohayai, T. A., Moss, A., Muir, A., Mullacrane, I., Nebrensky, J. J., Neuffer, D., Nichols, A., Nugent, J. C., Oates, A., Orestano, D., Overton, E., Owens, P., Palladino, V., Palmer, M., Pasternak, J., Pec, V., Pidcott, C., Popovic, M., Preece, R., Prestemon, S., Rajaram, D., Ricciardi, S., Robinson, M., Rogers, C., Ronald, K., Rubinov, P., Sakamoto, H., Sanders, D. A., Sato, A., Savic, M., Snopok, P., Smith, P. J., Soler, F. J. P., Song, Y., Stanley, T., Stokes, G., Suezaki, V., Summers, D. J., Sung, C. K., Tang, J., Tarrant, J., Taylor, I., Tortora, L., Torun, Y., Tsenov, R., Tucker, M., Uchida, M. A., Virostek, S., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Warburton, P., Wilbur, S., Wilson, A., Witte, H., White, C., Whyte, C. G., Yang, X., Young, A. R., and Zisman, M.

Published
2019
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10. First particle-by-particle measurement of emittance in the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment

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The MICE Collaboration, Adams, D., Adey, D., Asfandiyarov, R., Barber, G., de Bari, A., Bayes, R., Bayliss, V., Bertoni, R., Blackmore, V., Blondel, A., Boehm, J., Bogomilov, M., Bonesini, M., Booth, C. N., Bowring, D., Boyd, S., Bradshaw, T. W., Bross, A. D., Brown, C., Coney, L., Charnley, G., Chatzitheodoridis, G. T., Chignoli, F., Chung, M., Cline, D., Cobb, J. H., Colling, D., Collomb, N., Cooke, P., Courthold, M., Cremaldi, L. M., DeMello, A., Dick, A. J., Dobbs, A., Dornan, P., Drielsma, F., Dumbell, K., Ellis, M., Filthaut, F., Franchini, P., Freemire, B., Gallagher, A., Gamet, R., Gardener, R. B. S., Gourlay, S., Grant, A., Greis, J. R., Griffiths, S., Hanlet, P., Hanson, G. G., Hartnett, T., Heidt, C., Hodgson, P., Hunt, C., Ishimoto, S., Jokovic, D., Jurj, P. B., Kaplan, D. M., Karadzhov, Y., Klier, A., Kuno, Y., Kurup, A., Kyberd, P., Lagrange, J-B., Langlands, J., Lau, W., Li, D., Li, Z., Liu, A., Long, K., Lord, T., Macwaters, C., Maletic, D., Martlew, B., Martyniak, J., Mazza, R., Middleton, S., Mohayai, T. A., Moss, A., Muir, A., Mullacrane, I., Nebrensky, J. J., Neuffer, D., Nichols, A., Nugent, J. C., Oates, A., Orestano, D., Overton, E., Owens, P., Palladino, V., Palmer, M., Pasternak, J., Pec, V., Pidcott, C., Popovic, M., Preece, R., Prestemon, S., Rajaram, D., Ricciardi, S., Robinson, M., Rogers, C., Ronald, K., Rubinov, P., Sakamoto, H., Sanders, D. A., Sato, A., Savic, M., Snopok, P., Smith, P. J., Soler, F. J. P., Song, Y., Stanley, T., Stokes, G., Suezaki, V., Summers, D. J., Sung, C. K., Tang, J., Tarrant, J., Taylor, I., Tortora, L., Torun, Y., Tsenov, R., Tucker, M., Uchida, M. A., Virostek, S., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Warburton, P., Wilbur, S., Wilson, A., Witte, H., White, C., Whyte, C. G., Yang, X., Young, A. R., Zisman, M., Adams, D., Adey, D., Asfandiyarov, R., Barber, G., de Bari, A., Bayes, R., Bayliss, V., Bertoni, R., Blackmore, V., Blondel, A., Boehm, J., Bogomilov, M., Bonesini, M., Booth, C. N., Bowring, D., Boyd, S., Bradshaw, T. W., Bross, A. D., Brown, C., Charnley, G., Chatzitheodoridis, G. T., Chignoli, F., Chung, M., Cline, D., Cobb, J. H., Colling, D., Collomb, N., Cooke, P., Courthold, M., Cremaldi, L. M., Demello, A., Dick, A. J., Dobbs, A., Dornan, P., Drielsma, F., Dumbell, K., Ellis, M., Filthaut, F., Franchini, P., Freemire, B., Gallagher, A., Gamet, R., Gardener, R. B. S., Gourlay, S., Grant, A., Greis, J. R., Griffiths, S., Hanlet, P., Hanson, G. G., Hartnett, T., Heidt, C., Hodgson, P., Hunt, C., Ishimoto, S., Jokovic, D., Jurj, P. B., Kaplan, D. M., Karadzhov, Y., Klier, A., Kuno, Y., Kurup, A., Kyberd, P., Lagrange, J. -B., Langlands, J., Lau, W., Li, D., Li, Z., Liu, A., Long, K., Lord, T., Macwaters, C., Maletic, D., Martlew, B., Martyniak, J., Mazza, R., Middleton, S., Mohayai, T. A., Moss, A., Muir, A., Mullacrane, I., Nebrensky, J. J., Neuffer, D., Nichols, A., Nugent, J. C., Oates, A., Orestano, D., Overton, E., Owens, P., Palladino, V., Palmer, M., Pasternak, J., Pec, V., Pidcott, C., Popovic, M., Preece, R., Prestemon, S., Rajaram, D., Ricciardi, S., Robinson, M., Rogers, C., Ronald, K., Rubinov, P., Sakamoto, H., Sanders, D. A., Sato, A., Savic, M., Snopok, P., Smith, P. J., Soler, F. J. P., Song, Y., Stanley, T., Stokes, G., Suezaki, V., Summers, D. J., Sung, C. K., Tang, J., Tarrant, J., Taylor, I., Tortora, L., Torun, Y., Tsenov, R., Tucker, M., Uchida, M. A., Virostek, S., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Warburton, P., Wilbur, S., Wilson, A., Witte, H., White, C., Whyte, C. G., Yang, X., Young, A. R., Zisman, M., Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Imperial College Trust, Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils' (CCLRC), Asfandiyarov, Ruslan, Blondel, Alain, Drielsma, François, and Karadzhov, Yordan Ivanov

Subjects
Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph), Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, lcsh:Astrophysics, ddc:500.2, Electron, 01 natural sciences, Physics, Particles & Fields, Nuclear physics, Momentum, Pion, DESIGN, 0103 physical sciences, lcsh:QB460-466, Ionization cooling, Thermal emittance, lcsh:Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, High Energy Physics, 010306 general physics, physics.ins-det, 0206 Quantum Physics, Engineering (miscellaneous), QC, physics.acc-ph, Physics, Science & Technology, Muon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Nuclear & Particles Physics, Muon collider, Physical Sciences, 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Experimental High Energy Physics, lcsh:QC770-798, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Physics - Accelerator Physics, Neutrino Factory, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract

The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) collaboration seeks to demonstrate the feasibility of ionization cooling, the technique by which it is proposed to cool the muon beam at a future neutrino factory or muon collider. The emittance is measured from an ensemble of muons assembled from those that pass through the experiment. A pure muon ensemble is selected using a particle identification system that can reject efficiently both pions and electrons. The position and momentum of each muon are measured using a high-precision scintillating-fibre tracker in a 4 T solenoidal magnetic field. This paper presents the techniques used to reconstruct the phase-space distributions in the upstream tracking detector and reports the first particle by-article measurement of the emittance of the MICE Muon Beam as a function of muon-beam momentum. Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK)

Published
2019

11. Demonstration of cooling by the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment

Author

Bogomilov, M., Tsenov, R., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Song, Y. P., Tang, J. Y., Li, Z. H., Bertoni, R., Bonesini, M., Chignoli, F., Mazza, R., Palladino, V., de Bari, A., Orestano, D., Tortora, L., Kuno, Y., Sakamoto, H., Sato, A., Ishimoto, S., Chung, M., Sung, C. K., Filthaut, F., Jokovic, D., Maletic, D., Savic, M., Jovancevic, N., Nikolov, J., Vretenar, M., Ramberger, S., Asfandiyarov, R., Blondel, A., Drielsma, F., Karadzhov, Y., Boyd, S., Greis, J. R., Lord, T., Pidcott, C., Taylor, I., Charnley, G., Collomb, N., Dumbell, K., Gallagher, A., Grant, A., Griffiths, S., Hartnett, T., Martlew, B., Moss, A., Muir, A., Mullacrane, I., Oates, A., Owens, P., Stokes, G., Warburton, P., White, C., Adams, D., Bayliss, V., Boehm, J., Bradshaw, T. W., Brown, C., Courthold, M., Govans, J., Hills, M., Lagrange, J.-B., Macwaters, C., Nichols, A., Preece, R., Ricciardi, S., Rogers, C., Stanley, T., Tarrant, J., Tucker, M., Watson, S., Wilson, A., Bayes, R., Nugent, J.C., Soler, F. J. P., Chatzitheodoridis, G. T., Dick, A. J., Ronald, K., Whyte, C. G., Young, A. R., Gamet, R., Cooke, P., Blackmore, V. J., Colling, D., Dobbs, A., Dornan, P., Franchini, P., Hunt, C., Jurj, P. B., Kurup, A., Long, K., Martyniak, J., Middleton, S., Pasternak, J., Uchida, M. A., Cobb, J. H., Booth, C. N., Hodgson, P., Langlands, J., Overton, E., Pec, V., Smith, P. J., Wilbur, S., Ellis, M., Gardener, R. B. S., Kyberd, P., Nebrensky, J. J., DeMello, A., Gourlay, S., Lambert, A., Li, D., Luo, T., Prestemon, S., Virostek, S., Palmer, M., Witte, H., Adey, D., Bross, A. D., Bowring, D., Liu, A., Neuffer, D., Popovic, M., Rubinov, P., Freemire, B., Hanlet, P., Kaplan, D. M., Mohayai, T. A., Rajaram, D., Snopok, P., Torun, Y., Cremaldi, L. M., Sanders, D. A., Summers, D. J., Coney, L. R., Hanson, G. G., Heidt, C., and collaboration, MICE

Subjects
Physics::Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract

The use of accelerated beams of electrons, protons or ions has furthered the development of nearly every scientific discipline. However, high-energy muon beams of equivalent quality have not yet been delivered. Muon beams can be created through the decay of pions produced by the interaction of a proton beam with a target. Such 'tertiary' beams have much lower brightness than those created by accelerating electrons, protons or ions. High-brightness muon beams comparable to those produced by state-of-the-art electron, proton and ion accelerators could facilitate the study of lepton-antilepton collisions at extremely high energies and provide well characterized neutrino beams1-6. Such muon beams could be realized using ionization cooling, which has been proposed to increase muon-beam brightness7,8. Here we report the realization of ionization cooling, which was confirmed by the observation of an increased number of low-amplitude muons after passage of the muon beam through an absorber, as well as an increase in the corresponding phase-space density. The simulated performance of the ionization cooling system is consistent with the measured data, validating designs of the ionization cooling channel in which the cooling process is repeated to produce a substantial cooling effect9-11. The results presented here are an important step towards achieving the muon-beam quality required to search for phenomena at energy scales beyond the reach of the Large Hadron Collider at a facility of equivalent or reduced footprint6.

Published
2020

12. MAUS: the MICE analysis user software.

Author

Asfandiyarov, R., Bayes, R., Blackmore, V., Bogomilov, M., Colling, D., Dobbs, A. J., Drielsma, F., Drews, M., Ellis, M., Fedorov, M., Franchini, P., Gardener, R., Greis, J. R., Hanlet, P. M., Heidt, C., Hunt, C., Kafka, G., Karadzhov, Y., Kurup, A., and Kyberd, P.

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2019
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13. Lattice design and expected performance of the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment demonstration of ionization cooling

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Bogomilov, M., Tsenov, R., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Song, Y., Tang, J., Li, Z., Bertoni, R., Bonesini, M., Chignoli, F., Mazza, R., Palladino, V., de Bari, A., Cecchet, G., Orestano, D., Tortora, L., Kuno, Y., Ishimoto, S., Filthaut, F., Jokovic, D., Maletic, D., Savic, M., Hansen, O.M., Ramberger, S., Vretenar, M., Asfandiyarov, R., Blondel, A., Drielsma, F., Karadzhov, Y., Charnley, G., Collomb, N., Dumbell, K., Gallagher, A., Grant, A., Griffiths, S., Hartnett, T., Martlew, B., Moss, A., Muir, A., Mullacrane, I., Oates, A., Owens, P., Stokes, G., Warburton, P., White, C., Adams, D., Anderson, R.J., Barclay, P., Bayliss, V., Boehm, J., Bradshaw, T.W., Courthold, M., Francis, V., Fry, L., Hayler, T., Hills, M., Lintern, A., Macwaters, C., Nichols, A., Preece, R., Ricciardi, S., Rogers, C., Stanley, T., Tarrant, J., Tucker, M., Wilson, A., Watson, S., Bayes, R., Nugent, J.C., Soler, F.J.P., Gamet, R., Barber, G., Blackmore, V.J., Colling, D., Dobbs, A., Dornan, P., Hunt, C., Kurup, A., Lagrange, J.B., Long, K., Martyniak, J., Middleton, S., Pasternak, J., Uchida, M.A., Cobb, J.H., Lau, W., Booth, C.N., Hodgson, P., Langlands, J., Overton, E., Robinson, M., Smith, P.J., Wilbur, S., Dick, A.J., Ronald, K., Whyte, C.G., Young, A.R., Boyd, S., Franchini, P., Greis, J.R., Pidcott, C., Taylor, I., Gardener, R.B.S., Kyberd, P., Nebrensky, J.J., Palmer, M., Witte, H., Bross, A.D., Bowring, D., Liu, A., Neuffer, D., Popovic, M., Rubinov, P., DeMello, A., Gourlay, S., Li, D., Prestemon, S., Virostek, S., Freemire, B., Hanlet, P., Kaplan, D.M., Mohayai, T.A., Rajaram, D., Snopok, P., Suezaki, V., Torun, Y., Onel, Y., Cremaldi, L.M., Sanders, D.A., Summers, D.J., Hanson, G.G., Heidt, C., Collaboration, MICE., Bogomilov, M., Tsenov, R., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Song, Y., Tang, J., Li, Z., Bertoni, R., Bonesini, M., Chignoli, F., Mazza, R., Palladino, V., De Bari, A., Cecchet, G., Orestano, D., Tortora, L., Kuno, Y., Ishimoto, S., Filthaut, F., Jokovic, D., Maletic, D., Savic, M., Hansen, O. M., Ramberger, S., Vretenar, M., Asfandiyarov, R., Blondel, A., Drielsma, F., Karadzhov, Y., Charnley, G., Collomb, N., Dumbell, K., Gallagher, A., Grant, A., Griffiths, S., Hartnett, T., Martlew, B., Moss, A., Muir, A., Mullacrane, I., Oates, A., Owens, P., Stokes, G., Warburton, P., White, C., Adams, D., Anderson, R. J., Barclay, P., Bayliss, V., Boehm, J., Bradshaw, T. W., Courthold, M., Francis, V., Fry, L., Hayler, T., Hills, M., Lintern, A., Macwaters, C., Nichols, A., Preece, R., Ricciardi, S., Rogers, C., Stanley, T., Tarrant, J., Tucker, M., Wilson, A., Watson, S., Bayes, R., Nugent, J. C., Soler, F. J. P., Gamet, R., Barber, G., Blackmore, V. J., Colling, D., Dobbs, A., Dornan, P., Hunt, C., Kurup, A., Lagrange, J. -B., Long, K., Martyniak, J., Middleton, S., Pasternak, J., Uchida, M. A., Cobb, J. H., Lau, W., Booth, C. N., Hodgson, P., Langlands, J., Overton, E., Robinson, M., Smith, P. J., Wilbur, S., Dick, A. J., Ronald, K., Whyte, C. G., Young, A. R., Boyd, S., Franchini, P., Greis, J. R., Pidcott, C., Taylor, I., Gardener, R. B. S., Kyberd, P., Nebrensky, J. J., Palmer, M., Witte, H., Bross, A. D., Bowring, D., Liu, A., Neuffer, D., Popovic, M., Rubinov, P., Demello, A., Gourlay, S., Li, D., Prestemon, S., Virostek, S., Freemire, B., Hanlet, P., Kaplan, D. M., Mohayai, T. A., Rajaram, D., Snopok, P., Suezaki, V., Torun, Y., Onel, Y., Cremaldi, L. M., Sanders, D. A., Summers, D. J., Hanson, G. G., and Heidt, C.

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, beam dynamics, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Physics, Particles & Fields, Nuclear physics, secondary beams, 0103 physical sciences, lcsh:Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, Ionization cooling, Thermal emittance, High Energy Physics, Physics::Atomic Physics, 010306 general physics, QC, physics.acc-ph, Physics, Science & Technology, Muon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, beam techniques, Surfaces and Interfaces, BEAMS, Accelerators and Storage Rings, Physics, Nuclear, Muon collider, Physical Sciences, Experimental High Energy Physics, lcsh:QC770-798, Physics::Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino Factory, International Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment, Neutrino, beam processes, Beam (structure)
Abstract

Muon beams of low emittance provide the basis for the intense, well-characterized neutrino beams necessary to elucidate the physics of flavor at a neutrino factory and to provide lepton-antilepton collisions at energies of up to several TeV at a muon collider. The international Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) aims to demonstrate ionization cooling, the technique by which it is proposed to reduce the phase-space volume occupied by the muon beam at such facilities. In an ionization-cooling channel, the muon beam passes through a material in which it loses energy. The energy lost is then replaced using rf cavities. The combined effect of energy loss and reacceleration is to reduce the transverse emittance of the beam (transverse cooling). A major revision of the scope of the project was carried out over the summer of 2014. The revised experiment can deliver a demonstration of ionization cooling. The design of the cooling demonstration experiment will be described together with its predicted cooling performance. Muon beams of low emittance provide the basis for the intense, well-characterised neutrino beams necessary to elucidate the physics of flavour at a neutrino factory and to provide lepton-antilepton collisions at energies of up to several TeV at a muon collider. The international Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) aims to demonstrate ionization cooling, the technique by which it is proposed to reduce the phase-space volume occupied by the muon beam at such facilities. In an ionization-cooling channel, the muon beam passes through a material in which it loses energy. The energy lost is then replaced using RF cavities. The combined effect of energy loss and re-acceleration is to reduce the transverse emittance of the beam (transverse cooling). A major revision of the scope of the project was carried out over the summer of 2014. The revised experiment can deliver a demonstration of ionization cooling. The design of the cooling demonstration experiment will be described together with its predicted cooling performance.

Published
2017

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