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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

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

Novel Application of Density Estimation Techniques in Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment

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

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2019-08-15 Tanaz Angelina Mohayai , Pavel Snopok , David Neuffer , Chris Rogers

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

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

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

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

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

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…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2019-03-27 The MICE Collaboration , D. Adams , D. Adey , R. Asfandiyarov , G. Barber , A. de Bari , R. Bayes , V. Bayliss , R. Bertoni , V. Blackmore , A. Blondel , J. Boehm , M. Bogomilov , M. Bonesini , C. N. Booth , D. Bowring , S. Boyd , T. W. Bradshaw , A. D. Bross , C. Brown , L. Coney , G. Charnley , G. T. Chatzitheodoridis , F. Chignoli , M. Chung , D. Cline , J. H. Cobb , D. Colling , N. Collomb , P. Cooke , M. Courthold , L. M. Cremaldi , A. DeMello , A. J. Dick , A. Dobbs , P. Dornan , F. Drielsma , K. Dumbell , M. Ellis , F. Filthaut , P. Franchini , B. Freemire , A. Gallagher , R. Gamet , R. B. S. Gardener , S. Gourlay , A. Grant , J. R. Greis , S. Griffiths , P. Hanlet , G. G. Hanson , T. Hartnett , C. Heidt , P. Hodgson , C. Hunt , S. Ishimoto , D. Jokovic , P. B. Jurj , D. M. Kaplan , Y. Karadzhov , A. Klier , Y. Kuno , A. Kurup , P. Kyberd , J-B. Lagrange , J. Langlands , W. Lau , D. Li , Z. Li , A. Liu , K. Long , T. Lord , C. Macwaters , D. Maletic , B. Martlew , J. Martyniak , R. Mazza , S. Middleton , T. A. Mohayai , A. Moss , A. Muir , I. Mullacrane , J. J. Nebrensky , D. Neuffer , A. Nichols , J. C. Nugent , A. Oates , D. Orestano , E. Overton , P. Owens , V. Palladino , M. Palmer , J. Pasternak , V. Pec , C. Pidcott , M. Popovic , R. Preece , S. Prestemon , D. Rajaram , S. Ricciardi , M. Robinson , C. Rogers , K. Ronald , P. Rubinov , H. Sakamoto , D. A. Sanders , A. Sato , M. Savic , P. Snopok , P. J. Smith , F. J. P. Soler , Y. Song , T. Stanley , G. Stokes , V. Suezaki , D. J. Summers , C. K. Sung , J. Tang , J. Tarrant , I. Taylor , L. Tortora , Y. Torun , R. Tsenov , M. Tucker , M. A. Uchida , S. Virostek , G. Vankova-Kirilova , P. Warburton , S. Wilbur , A. Wilson , H. Witte , C. White , C. G. Whyte , X. Yang , A. R. Young , M. Zisman

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

Wedge Absorbers For Muon Cooling With a Test Beam At MICE

Emittance exchange mediated by wedge absorbers is required for longitudinal ionization cooling and for final transverse emittance minimization for a muon collider. A wedge absorber within the MICE beam line could serve as a demonstration of…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2016-12-23 David Neuffer , J. Acosta , D. Summers , T. Mohayai , P. Snopok

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

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 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

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

Muon Cooling, Muon Colliders, and 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 2019-08-14 Daniel M. Kaplan

First demonstration of ionization cooling by the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment

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…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2019-07-22 M. Bogomilov , R. Tsenov , G. Vankova-Kirilova , Y. P. Song , J. Y. Tang , Z. H. Li , R. Bertoni , M. Bonesini , F. Chignoli , R. Mazza , V. Palladino , A. de Bari , D. Orestano , L. Tortora , Y. Kuno , H. Sakamoto , A. Sato , S. Ishimoto , M. Chung , C. K. Sung , F. Filthaut , D. Jokovic , D. Maletic , M. Savic , N. Jovancevic , J. Nikolov , M. Vretenar , S. Ramberger , R. Asfandiyarov , A. Blondel , F. Drielsma , Y. Karadzhov , 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 , 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 , 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 , G. T. Chatzitheodoridis , A. J. Dick , K. Ronald , C. G. Whyte , A. R. Young , S. Boyd , J. R. Greis , T. Lord , C. Pidcott , I. Taylor , M. Ellis , R. B. S. Gardener , P. Kyberd , J. J. Nebrensky , M. Palmer , H. Witte , D. Adey , A. D. Bross , D. Bowring , P. Hanlet , A. Liu , D. Neuffer , M. Popovic , P. Rubinov , A. DeMello , S. Gourlay , A. Lambert , D. Li , T. Luo , S. Prestemon , S. Virostek , B. Freemire , D. M. Kaplan , T. A. Mohayai , P. Snopok , Y. Torun , L. M. Cremaldi , D. A. Sanders , D. J. Summers , L. R. Coney , G. G. Hanson , C. Heidt

Unconventional Ideas for Ionization Cooling of Muons

Small muon beams increase the luminosity of a muon collider. Reducing the momentum and position spreads of muons reduces emittance and leads to small, cool beams. Ionization cooling has been observed at the Muon Ionization Cooling…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2020-04-22 T. L. Hart , J. G. Acosta , L. M. Cremaldi , D. V. Neuffer , S. J. Oliveros , D. Stratakis , D. J. Summers , K. Yonehara

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

Progress in Absorber R&D for Muon Cooling

A stored-muon-beam neutrino factory may require transverse ionization cooling of the muon beam. We describe recent progress in research and development on energy absorbers for muon-beam cooling carried out by a collaboration of university…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 D. M. Kaplan , E. L. Black , M. Boghosian , K. W. Cassel , R. P. Johnson , S. Geer , C. J. Johnstone , M. Popovic , S. Ishimoto , K. Yoshimura , L. Bandura , M. A. Cummings , A. Dyshkant , D. Hedin , D. Kubik , C. Darve , Y. Kuno , D. Errede , M. Haney , S. Majewski , M. Reep , D. Summers

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