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The design of the time-of-flight system for MICE

The international Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) will carry out a systematic investigation of ionization cooling of a muon beam. As the emittance measurement will be done on a particle-by-particle basis, a sophisticated beam…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-13 M. Bonesini

The MICE PID Instrumentation

The international Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) will carry out a systematic investigation of ionization cooling of a muon beam. As the emittance measurement will be done on a particle-by-particle basis, sophisticated beam…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-10-03 M. Bonesini

Pion contamination in the MICE muon beam

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…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-03-03 D. Adams , A. Alekou , M. Apollonio , R. Asfandiyarov , G. Barber , P. Barclay , A. de Bari , R. Bayes , V. Bayliss , R. Bertoni , V. J. Blackmore , A. Blondel , S. Blot , M. Bogomilov , M. Bonesini , C. N. Booth , D. Bowring , S. Boyd , T. W. Bradshaw , U. Bravar , A. D. Bross , M. Capponi , T. Carlisle , G. Cecchet , C. Charnley , F. Chignoli , D. Cline , J. H. Cobb , G. Colling , N. Collomb , L. Coney , P. Cooke , M. Courthold , L. M. Cremaldi , A. DeMello , A. Dick , A. Dobbs , P. Dornan , M. Drews , F. Drielsma , F. Filthaut , T. Fitzpatrick , P. Franchini , V. Francis , L. Fry , A. Gallagher , R. Gamet , R. Gardener , S. Gourlay , A. Grant , J. R. Greis , S. Griffiths , P. Hanlet , O. M. Hansen , G. G. Hanson , T. L. Hart , T. Hartnett , T. Hayler , C. Heidt , M. Hills , P. Hodgson , C. Hunt , A. Iaciofano , S. Ishimoto , G. Kafka , D. M. Kaplan , Y. Karadzhov , Y. K. Kim , Y. Kuno , P. Kyberd , J-B Lagrange , J. Langlands , W. Lau , M. Leonova , D. Li , A. Lintern , M. Littlefield , K. Long , T. Luo , C. Macwaters , B. Martlew , J. Martyniak , R. Mazza , S. Middleton , A. Moretti , A. Moss , A. Muir , I. Mullacrane , J. J. Nebrensky , D. Neuffer , A. Nichols , R. Nicholson , J. C. Nugent , A. Oates , Y. Onel , D. Orestano , E. Overton , P. Owens , V. Palladino , J. Pasternak , F. Pastore , C. Pidcott , M. Popovic , R. Preece , S. Prestemon , D. Rajaram , S. Ramberger , M. A. Rayner , S. Ricciardi , T. J. Roberts , M. Robinson , C. Rogers , K. Ronald , P. Rubinov , P. Rucinski , H. Sakamato , D. A. Sanders , E. Santos , T. Savidge , P. J. Smith , P. Snopok , F. J. P. Soler , D. Speirs , T. Stanley , G. Stokes , D. J. Summers , J. Tarrant , I. Taylor , L. Tortora , Y. Torun , R. Tsenov , C. D. Tunnell , M. A. Uchida , G. Vankova-Kirilova , S. Virostek , M. Vretenar , P. Warburton , S. Watson , C. White , C. G. Whyte , A. Wilson , M. Winter , X. Yang , A. Young , M. Zisman

MICE: The International Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment

Ionization cooling of a muon beam is a key technique for a Neutrino Factory or Muon Collider. An international collaboration is mounting an experiment to demonstrate muon ionization cooling at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. We aim to…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Daniel M. Kaplan

The liquid-hydrogen absorber for MICE

The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) has been built at the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory to demonstrate the principle of muon beam phase-space reduction via ionization cooling. Muon beam cooling will be required at a future…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2018-10-17 V. Bayliss , J. Boehm , T. Bradshaw , M. Courthold , S. Harrison , M. Hills , P. Hodgson , S. Ishimoto , A. Kurup , W. Lau , K. Long , A. Nichols , D. Summers , M. Tucker , P. Warburton , S. Watson , C. Whyte

Recent results from the study of emittance evolution in MICE

The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) has measured the evolution of emittance due to ionization energy loss. Muons were focused onto an absorber using a large aperture solenoid. Lithium-hydride and liquid hydrogen- absorbers have…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2018-06-13 Victoria Blackmore

Electron-Muon Ranger: performance in the MICE Muon Beam

The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) will perform a detailed study of ionization cooling to evaluate the feasibility of the technique. To carry out this program, MICE requires an efficient particle-identification (PID) system to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-01-20 D. Adams , A. Alekou , M. Apollonio , R. Asfandiyarov , G. Barber , P. Barclay , A. de Bari , R. Bayes , V. Bayliss , P. Bene , R. Bertoni , V. J. Blackmore , A. Blondel , S. Blot , M. Bogomilov , M. Bonesini , C. N. Booth , D. Bowring , S. Boyd , T. W. Bradshaw , U. Bravar , A. D. Bross , F. Cadoux , M. Capponi , T. Carlisle , G. Cecchet , C. Charnley , F. Chignoli , D. Cline , J. H. Cobb , G. Colling , N. Collomb , L. Coney , P. Cooke , M. Courthold , L. M. Cremaldi , S. Debieux , A. DeMello , A. Dick , A. Dobbs , P. Dornan , F. Drielsma , F. Filthaut , T. Fitzpatrick , P. Franchini , V. Francis , L. Fry , A. Gallagher , R. Gamet , R. Gardener , S. Gourlay , A. Grant , J. S. Graulich , J. Greis , S. Griffiths , P. Hanlet , O. M. Hansen , G. G. Hanson , T. L. Hart , T. Hartnett , T. Hayler , C. Heidt , M. Hills , P. Hodgson , C. Hunt , C. Husi , A. Iaciofano , S. Ishimoto , G. Kafka , D. M. Kaplan , Y. Karadzhov , Y. K. Kim , Y. Kuno , P. Kyberd , J-B Lagrange , J. Langlands , W. Lau , M. Leonova , D. Li , A. Lintern , M. Littlefield , K. Long , T. Luo , C. Macwaters , B. Martlew , J. Martyniak , F. Masciocchi , R. Mazza , S. Middleton , A. Moretti , A. Moss , A. Muir , I. Mullacrane , J. J. Nebrensky , D. Neuffer , A. Nichols , R. Nicholson , L. Nicola , E. Noah Messomo , J. C. Nugent , A. Oates , Y. Onel , D. Orestano , E. Overton , P. Owens , V. Palladino , J. Pasternak , F. Pastore , C. Pidcott , M. Popovic , R. Preece , S. Prestemon , D. Rajaram , S. Ramberger , M. A. Rayner , S. Ricciardi , T. J. Roberts , M. Robinson , C. Rogers , K. Ronald , K. Rothenfusser , P. Rubinov , P. Rucinski , H. Sakamato , D. A. Sanders , R. Sandstrom , E. Santos , T. Savidge , P. J. Smith , P. Snopok , F. J. P. Soler , D. Speirs , T. Stanley , G. Stokes , D. J. Summers , J. Tarrant , I. Taylor , L. Tortora , Y. Torun , R. Tsenov , C. D. Tunnell , M. A. Uchida , G. Vankova-Kirilova , S. Virostek , M. Vretenar , P. Warburton , S. Watson , C. White , C. G. Whyte , A. Wilson , H. Wisting , X. Yang , A. Young , M. Zisman

A Non-Parametric Density Estimation Approach to Measuring Beam Cooling in MICE

The goal of the international Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) is to demonstrate muon beam ionization cooling for the first time. It constitutes a key part of the R&D towards a future neutrino factory or muon collider. The intended…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2018-06-06 Tanaz Angelina Mohayai , Pavel Snopok , David Neuffer

Beam-based detector alignment in the MICE muon beam line

The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) will perform a detailed study of ionization cooling to evaluate the feasibility of the technique. To carry out this program, MICE requires all of its detectors to reconstruct space points in a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-05-18 F. Drielsma

RF system for the MICE demonstration of ionization cooling

Muon accelerators offer an attractive option for a range of future particle physics experiments. They can enable high energy (TeV+) high energy lepton colliders whilst mitigating the difficulty of synchrotron losses, and can provide intense…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2017-09-18 K. Ronald , C. G. Whyte , A. J. Dick , A. R. Young , D. Li , A. J. DeMello , A. R. Lambert , T. Luo , T. Anderson , D. Bowring , A. Bross , A. Moretti , R. Pasquinelli , D. Peterson , M. Popovic , R. Schultz , J. Volk , Y. Torun , P. Hanlet , B. Freemire , A. Moss , K. Dumbell , A. Grant , C. White , S. Griffiths , T. Stanley , R. Anderson , S. Alsari , K. Long , A. Kurup , D. Summers , P. J. Smith

The reconstruction software for the MICE scintillating fibre trackers

The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) will demonstrate the principle of muon beam phase-space reduction via ionization cooling. Muon beam cooling will be required for the proposed Neutrino Factory or Muon Collider. The phase-space…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-12-21 A. Dobbs , C. Hunt , K. Long , E. Santos , M. A. Uchida , P. Kyberd , C. Heidt , S. Blot , E. Overton

Transverse Emittance Reduction in Muon Beams by Ionization Cooling

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…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2023-10-16 The MICE Collaboration , M. Bogomilov , R. Tsenov , G. Vankova-Kirilova , Y. P. Song , J. Y. Tang , Z. H. Li , R. Bertoni , M. Bonesini , F. Chignoli , R. Mazza , A. de Bari , D. Orestano , L. Tortora , Y. Kuno , H. Sakamoto , A. Sato , S. Ishimoto , M. Chung , C. K. Sung , F. Filthaut , M. Fedorov , D. Jokovic , D. Maletic , M. Savic , N. Jovancevic , J. Nikolov , M. Vretenar , S. Ramberger , R. Asfandiyarov , A. Blondel , F. Drielsma , Y. Karadzhov , S. Boyd , J. R. Greis , T. Lord , C. Pidcott , I. Taylor , G. Charnley , N. Collomb , K. Dumbell , A. Gallagher , A. Grant , S. Griffiths , T. Hartnett , B. Martlew , A. Moss , A. Muir , I. Mullacrane , A. Oates , P. Owens , G. Stokes , P. Warburton , C. White , D. Adams , V. Bayliss , J. Boehm , T. W. Bradshaw , C. Brown , M. Courthold , J. Govans , T. Hayler , M. Hills , J. B. Lagrange , C. Macwaters , A. Nichols , R. Preece , S. Ricciardi , C. Rogers , T. Stanley , J. Tarrant , M. Tucker , S. Watson , A. Wilson , R. Bayes , J. C. Nugent , F. J. P. Soler , G. T. Chatzitheodoridis , A. J. Dick , K. Ronald , C. G. Whyte , A. R. Young , R. Gamet , P. Cooke , V. J. Blackmore , D. Colling , A. Dobbs , P. Dornan , P. Franchini , C. Hunt , P. B. Jurj , A. Kurup , K. Long , J. Martyniak , S. Middleton , J. Pasternak , M. A. Uchida , J. H. Cobb , C. N. Booth , P. Hodgson , J. Langlands , E. Overton , V. Pec , P. J. Smith , S. Wilbur , M. Ellis , R. B. S. Gardener , P. Kyberd , J. J. Nebrensky , A. DeMello , S. Gourlay , A. Lambert , D. Li , T. Luo , S. Prestemon , S. Virostek , M. Palmer , H. Witte , D. Adey , A. D. Bross , D. Bowring , A. Liu , D. Neuffer , M. Popovic , P. Rubinov , B. Freemire , P. Hanlet , D. M. Kaplan , T. A. Mohayai , D. Rajaram , P. Snopok , Y. Torun , L. M. Cremaldi , D. A. Sanders , L. R. Coney , G. G. Hanson , C. Heidt

Characterisation of the muon beams for the Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment

A novel single-particle technique to measure emittance has been developed and used to characterise seventeen different muon beams for the Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment (MICE). The muon beams, whose mean momenta vary from 171 to 281…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2013-10-14 The MICE Collaboration , D. Adams , D. Adey , A. Alekou , M. Apollonio , R. Asfandiyarov , J. Back , G. Barber , P. Barclay , A. de Bari , R. Bayes , V. Bayliss , R. Bertoni , V. J. Blackmore , A. Blondel , S. Blot , M. Bogomilov , M. Bonesini , C. N. Booth , D. Bowring , S. Boyd , T. W. Bradshaw , U. Bravar , A. D. Bross , M. Capponi , T. Carlisle , G. Cecchet , G. Charnley , J. H. Cobb , D. Colling , N. Collomb , L. Coney , P. Cooke , M. Courthold , L. M. Cremaldi , A. DeMello , A. Dick , A. Dobbs , P. Dornan , S. Fayer , F. Filthaut , A. Fish , T. Fitzpatrick , R. Fletcher , D. Forrest , V. Francis , B. Freemire , L. Fry , A. Gallagher , R. Gamet , S. Gourlay , A. Grant , J. S. Graulich , S. Griffiths , P. Hanlet , O. M. Hansen , G. G. Hanson , P. Harrison , T. L. Hart , T. Hartnett , T. Hayler , C. Heidt , M. Hills , P. Hodgson , A. Iaciofano , S. Ishimoto , G. Kafka , D. M. Kaplan , Y. Karadzhov , Y. K. Kim , D. Kolev , Y. Kuno , P. Kyberd , W. Lau , J. Leaver , M. Leonova , D. Li , A. Lintern , M. Littlefield , K. Long , G. Lucchini , T. Luo , C. Macwaters , B. Martlew , J. Martyniak , A. Moretti , A. Moss , A. Muir , I. Mullacrane , J. J. Nebrensky , D. Neuffer , A. Nichols , R. Nicholson , J. C. Nugent , Y. Onel , D. Orestano , E. Overton , P. Owens , V. Palladino , J. Pasternak , F. Pastore , C. Pidcott , M. Popovic , R. Preece , S. Prestemon , D. Rajaram , S. Ramberger , M. A. Rayner , S. Ricciardi , A. Richards , T. J. Roberts , M. Robinson , C. Rogers , K. Ronald , P. Rubinov , R. Rucinski , I. Rusinov , H. Sakamoto , D. A. Sanders , E. Santos , T. Savidge , P. J. Smith , P. Snopok , F. J. P. Soler , T. Stanley , D. J. Summers , M. Takahashi , J. Tarrant , I. Taylor , L. Tortora , Y. Torun , R. Tsenov , C. D. Tunnell , G. Vankova , V. Verguilov , S. Virostek , M. Vretenar , K. Walaron , S. Watson , C. White , C. G. Whyte , A. Wilson , H. Wisting , M. Zisman

The design, construction and performance of the MICE scintillating fibre trackers

Charged-particle tracking in the international Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment (MICE) will be performed using two solenoidal spectrometers, each instrumented with a tracking detector based on 350 {\mu}m diameter scintillating fibres. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-19 M. Ellis , P. R. Hobson , P. Kyberd , J. J. Nebrensky , A. Bross , J. Fagan , T. Fitzpatrick , R. Flores , R. Kubinski , J. Krider , R. Rucinski , P. Rubinov , C. Tolian , T. L. Hart , D. M. Kaplan , W. Luebke , B. Freemire , M. Wojcik , G. Barber , D. Clark , I. Clark , P. J. Dornan , A. Fish , S. Greenwood , R. Hare , A. Jamdagni , V. Kasey , M. Khaleeq , J. Leaver , K. R. Long , E. McKigney , T. Matsushita , C. Rogers , T. Sashalmi , P. Savage , M. Takahashi , A. Tapper , K. Yoshimura , P. Cooke , R. Gamet , H. Sakamoto , Y. Kuno , A. Sato , T. Yano , M. Yoshida , C. MacWaters , L. Coney , G. Hanson , A. Klier , D. Cline , X. Yang , D. Adey

Muon Colliders, Neutrino Factories, and Results from the MICE Experiment

Muon colliders and neutrino factories are attractive options for future facilities aimed at achieving the highest lepton-antilepton collision energies and precision measurements of parameters of the Higgs boson and the neutrino mixing…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2019-10-23 Daniel M. Kaplan

A Wedge Test in MICE

Emittance exchange mediated by wedge absorbers can be used for longitudinal ionization cooling and for final transverse emittance minimization for a muon collider. A wedge absorber within the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) could…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2018-06-06 Tanaz Angelina Mohayai , Pavel Snopok , David Neuffer , Don Summers

The design and construction of the MICE Electron-Muon Ranger

The Electron-Muon Ranger (EMR) is a fully-active tracking-calorimeter installed in the beam line of the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE). The experiment will demonstrate ionization cooling, an essential technology needed for the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-11-23 R. Asfandiyarov , P. Bene , A. Blondel , D. Bolognini , F. Cadoux , S. Debieux , F. Drielsma , G. Giannini , J. S. Graulich , C. Husi , Y. Karadzhov , D. Lietti , F. Masciocchi , L. Nicola , E. Noah Messomo , M. Prest , K. Rothenfusser , R. Sandstrom , E. Vallazza , V. Verguilov , H. Wisting

Progress in Muon Cooling Research and Development

The MuCool R&D program is described. The aim of MuCool is to develop all key pieces of hardware required for ionization cooling of a muon beam. This effort will lead to a more detailed understanding of the construction and operating costs…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2019-08-14 Daniel M. Kaplan

Muon Cooling Research and Development

The MuCool R&D program is described. The aim of MuCool is to develop all key pieces of hardware required for ionization cooling of a muon beam. This effort will lead to a more detailed understanding of the construction and operating costs…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2009-09-29 Daniel M. Kaplan

Muon Cooling R&D

International efforts are under way to design and test a muon ionization cooling channel. The present R&D program is described, and future plans outlined.

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 Steve Geer