The design and performance of an improved target for MICE
Instrumentation and Detectors
2016-05-09 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract
The linear motor driving the target for the Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment has been redesigned to improve its reliability and performance. A new coil-winding technique is described which produces better magnetic alignment and improves heat transport out of the windings. Improved field-mapping has allowed the more precise construction to be demonstrated, and an enhanced controller exploits the full features of the hardware, enabling increased acceleration and precision. The new user interface is described and analysis of performance data to monitor friction is shown to allow quality control of bearings and a measure of the ageing of targets during use.
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@article{arxiv.1603.07143,
title = {The design and performance of an improved target for MICE},
author = {C. N. Booth and P. Hodgson and J. Langlands and E. Overton and M. Robinson and P. J. Smith and G. Barber and K. R. Long and B. Shepherd and E. Capocci and C. MacWaters and J. Tarrant},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.07143},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
19 pages, 13 figures. To be published in JINST