Speaker
Pierrick Hanlet
(Illinois Institute of Technology)
Description
The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) is a demonstration
experiment to prove the feasibility of cooling a beam of muons for
use in a Neutrino Factory and/or Muon Collider. The MICE cooling
channel is a section of a modified Study II cooling channel which
will provide a 10% reduction in beam emittance. In order to ensure a
reliable measurement, MICE will measure the beam emittance before
and after the cooling channel at the level of 1%, or an absolute
measurement of 0.001. This renders MICE a precision experiment which
requires strict controls and monitoring of all experimental parameters
in order to control systematic errors. The MICE Controls and Monitoring
system is based on EPICS and integrates with the DAQ, Data monitoring
systems, and a configuration database. The new MICE Run Control has
been developed for to ensure proper sequencing of equipment and use of
system resources to protect data quality. A description of this system,
its implementation, and performance during recent muon beam data
collection will be discussed.
Primary author
Pierrick Hanlet
(Illinois Institute of Technology)
