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 is measured from an ensemble of muons assembled from those that pass through the experiment. A pure muon ensemble is selected using a particle-identification system that can reject efficiently both pions and electrons. The position and momentum of each muon are measured using a high-precision scintillating-fibre tracker in a 4 T solenoidal magnetic field. This paper presents the techniques used to reconstruct the phase-space distributions in the upstream tracking detector and reports the first particle-by-particle measurement of the emittance of the MICE Muon Beam as a function of muon-beam momentum.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- Contributing Organization:
- MICE Collaboration
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359; AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 1488597
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1546651
- Report Number(s):
- arXiv:1810.13224; RAL-P-2018-005; FERMILAB-PUB-18-591-AD-APC-PPD; 1701216
- Journal Information:
- European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields, Vol. 79, Issue 3; ISSN 1434-6044
- Publisher:
- SpringerCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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