MICE: The International Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment: Diagnostic Systems

Journal Article · Tue Jun 24 04:00:00 EDT 2008 · Conf.Proc.C0806233:tupc012,2008

OSTI ID:938466

Bross, Alan D; Hart, Terrence Lee

The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment will make detailed measurements of muon ionization cooling using a new constructed low-energy muon beam at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL). The experiment is a single-particle experiment and utilizes many detector techniques from high energy physics experiments. To characterize and monitor the muon beamline, newly developed scintillating fiber profile monitors and scintillator paddle rate monitors are employed. In order to monitor the purity of the beam and tag the arrival time of individual muons, a dual aerogel Cherenkov system is used, and a plastic scintillator time-of-flight system will be used. The phase-space vectors of the muons will be measured by two identical spectrometer systems (one before and one after the cooling apparatus) which employ a fiber tracker system, and electron and muon calorimeters are used to tag outgoing muons. We will discuss the design of the MICE diagnostic systems, the operation, and give the first results from beam measurements in the MICE experimental hall.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 938466
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-PUB-08-388-APC-E
• Journal Information: Conf.Proc.C0806233:tupc012,2008, Journal Name: Conf.Proc.C0806233:tupc012,2008
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
ACCELERATORS
Accelerators
HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
IONIZATION
MUON BEAMS
MUONS
PHASE SPACE
PLASTIC SCINTILLATORS