The liquid-hydrogen absorber for MICE
Abstract
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 proton-derived neutrino factory or muon collider. Ionization cooling is achieved by passing the beam through an energy-absorbing material, such as liquid hydrogen, and then re-accelerating the beam using RF cavities. This paper describes the hydrogen system constructed for MICE including: the liquid-hydrogen absorber, its associated cryogenic and gas systems, the control and monitoring system, and the necessary safety engineering. The performance of the system in cool-down, liquefaction, and stable operation is also presented.
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@article{arxiv.1807.03019,
title = {The liquid-hydrogen absorber for MICE},
author = {V. Bayliss and J. Boehm and T. Bradshaw and M. Courthold and S. Harrison and M. Hills and P. Hodgson and S. Ishimoto and A. Kurup and W. Lau and K. Long and A. Nichols and D. Summers and M. Tucker and P. Warburton and S. Watson and C. Whyte},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.03019},
year = {2018}
}
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25 pages, 21 figures, part of the MICE collaboration