Transverse Emittance Reduction in Muon Beams by Ionization Cooling

Journal Article · Mon Oct 09 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · TBD

OSTI ID:2204660

Bogomilov, M. ^[1]; Tsenov, R. ^[1]; Vankova-Kirilova, G. ^[1]; Song, Y. P. ^[2]; Tang, J. Y. ^[2]; Li, Z. H. ^[3]; Bertoni, R. ^[4]; Bonesini, M. ^[4]; Chignoli, F. ^[4]; Mazza, R. ^[4]; de Bari, A. ^[5]; Orestano, D. ^[6]; Tortora, L. ^[6]; Kuno, Y. ^[7]; Sakamoto, H. ^[8]; Sato, A. ^[7]; Ishimoto, S. ^[9]; Chung, M. ^[10]; Sung, C. K. ^[10]; Filthaut, F. ^[11] ; Fedorov, M. ^[12]; Jokovic, D. ^[13]; Maletic, D. ^[13]; Savic, M. ^[13]; Jovancevic, N. ^[14]; Nikolov, J. ^[14]; Vretenar, M. ^[15]; Ramberger, S. ^[15]; Asfandiyarov, R. ^[16]; Blondel, A. ^[16]; Drielsma, F. ^[17]; Karadzhov, Y. ^[16]; Boyd, S. ^[18]; Greis, J. R. ^[19]; Lord, T. ^[20]; Pidcott, C. ^[21]; Taylor, I. ^[22]; Charnley, G. ^[23]; Collomb, N. ^[23]; Dumbell, K. ^[23]; Gallagher, A. ^[23]; Grant, A. ^[23]; Griffiths, S. ^[23]; Hartnett, T. ^[23]; Martlew, B. ^[23]; Moss, A. ^[23]; Muir, A. ^[23]; Mullacrane, I. ^[23]; Oates, A. ^[23]; Owens, P. ^[23]; Stokes, G. ^[23]; Warburton, P. ^[23]; White, C. ^[23]; Adams, D. ^[24]; Bayliss, V. ^[24]; Boehm, J. ^[24]; Bradshaw, T. W. ^[24]; Brown, C. ^[25]; Courthold, M. ^[24]; Govans, J. ^[24]; Hayler, T. ^[24]; Hills, M. ^[24]; Lagrange, J. B. ^[24]; Macwaters, C. ^[24]; Nichols, A. ^[24]; Preece, R. ^[24]; Ricciardi, S. ^[24]; Rogers, C. ^[24]; Stanley, T. ^[24]; Tarrant, J. ^[24]; Tucker, M. ^[24]; Watson, S. ^[26]; Wilson, A. ^[24]; Bayes, R. ^[27]; Nugent, J. C. ^[28]; Soler, F. J.P. ^[28]; Chatzitheodoridis, G. T. ^[29]; Dick, A. J. ^[30]; Ronald, K. ^[30]; Whyte, C. G. ^[30]; Young, A. R. ^[30]; Gamet, R. ^[31]; Cooke, P. ^[31]; Blackmore, V. J. ^[32]; Colling, D. ^[32]; Dobbs, A. ^[33]; Dornan, P. ^[32]; Franchini, P. ^[34]; Hunt, C. ^[32]; Jurj, P. B. ^[35]; Kurup, A. ^[32]; Long, K. ^[32]; Martyniak, J. ^[32]; Middleton, S. ^[36]; Pasternak, J. ^[32]; Uchida, M. A. ^[37]; Cobb, J. H. ^[38]; Booth, C. N. ^[39]; Hodgson, P. ^[39]; Langlands, J. ^[39]; Overton, E. ^[40]; Pec, V. ^[39]; Smith, P. J. ^[39]; Wilbur, S. ^[39]; Ellis, M. ^[41]; Gardener, R. B.S. ^[42]; Kyberd, P. ^[42]; Nebrensky, J. J. ^[43]; DeMello, A. ^[44]; Gourlay, S. ^[44]; Lambert, A. ^[44]; Li, D. ^[44]; Luo, T. ^[44]; Prestemon, S. ^[44]; Virostek, S. ^[44]; Palmer, M. ^[45]; Witte, H. ^[45]; Adey, D. ^[46]; Bross, A. D. ^[47]; Bowring, D. ^[47]; Liu, A. ^[48]; Neuffer, D. ^[47]; Popovic, M. ^[47]; Rubinov, P. ^[47]; Freemire, B. ^[49]; Hanlet, P. ^[50]; Kaplan, D. M. ^[51]; Mohayai, T. A. ^[52]; Rajaram, D. ^[53]; Snopok, P. ^[51]; Torun, Y. ^[51]; Cremaldi, L. M. ^[54]; Sanders, D. A. ^[54]; Coney, L. R. ^[55]; Hanson, G. G. ^[56]; Heidt, C. ^[57]

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1. Sofiya U.
2. Beijing, Inst. High Energy Phys.
3. Sichuan U.
4. CERN; INFN, Milan Bicocca
5. Pavia U.
6. Rome III U.
7. Osaka U.
8. Osaka U.; RIKEN (main)
9. KEK, Tsukuba
10. UNIST, Ulsan
11. NIKHEF, Amsterdam; Nijmegen U.
12. Nijmegen U.
13. Belgrade, Inst. Phys.
14. Novi Sad U.
15. CERN
16. Geneva U.
17. Geneva U.; SLAC
18. Warwick U.
19. Warwick U.; TUM-IAS, Munich
20. Warwick U.; Royal Holloway, U. of London
21. Warwick U.; Sheffield U.; Unlisted
22. Warwick U.; DSTO, Salisbury
23. Daresbury
24. Rutherford
25. Rutherford; Brunel U.
26. Rutherford; Edinburgh U., Inst. Astron.
27. Glasgow U.; Laurentian U.
28. Glasgow U.
29. Glasgow U.; Strathclyde U.; Cockcroft Inst. Accel. Sci. Tech.; Liverpool U.
30. Strathclyde U.; Cockcroft Inst. Accel. Sci. Tech.; Liverpool U.
31. Liverpool U.
32. Imperial Coll., London
33. Imperial Coll., London; Vector Fields Ltd., Oxford
34. Imperial Coll., London; Royal Holloway, U. of London
35. Rutherford; Imperial Coll., London
36. Imperial Coll., London; MIT, LNS
37. Imperial Coll., London; Cambridge U.
38. Oxford U.
39. Sheffield U.; Unlisted
40. Sheffield U.; Unlisted; Imperial Coll., London
41. Brunel U.; Macquarie U.
42. Brunel U.
43. Brunel U.; UKAEA, Culham
44. LBL, Berkeley
45. Brookhaven Natl. Lab.
46. Fermilab; Beijing, Inst. High Energy Phys.
47. Fermilab
48. Fermilab; Euclid Techlabs, Solon
49. IIT, Chicago; Euclid Techlabs, Solon
50. IIT, Chicago; Fermilab
51. IIT, Chicago
52. IIT, Chicago; Indiana U.
53. IIT, Chicago; Michigan U.
54. Mississippi U.
55. UC, Riverside; ESS, Lund
56. UC, Riverside
57. UC, Riverside; TUM-IAS, Munich

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.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
• Contributing Organization: Mice
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 2204660
• Report Number(s): STFC-P-2023-004; FERMILAB-PUB-23-613-AD-ND-PPD; arXiv:2310.05669; oai:inspirehep.net:2709155
• Journal Information: TBD, Journal Name: TBD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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