Speaker
Prof.
Vittorio Palladino
(Univ. & INFN Napoli, Italy)
Description
Muon ionization cooling provides the only practical solution to prepare
high brilliance beams necessary for a neutrino factory or muon
colliders. The muon ionization cooling experiment (MICE) is under
development at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK). It comprises a
dedicated beam line to generate a range of input emittance and momentum,
with time-of-flight and Cherenkov detectors to ensure a pure muon beam.
A first measurement of emittance is performed in the upstream magnetic
spectrometer with a scintillating fiber tracker. A cooling cell will
then follow, alternating energy loss in liquid hydrogen and RF
acceleration. A second spectrometer identical to the first one and a
particle identification system provide a measurement of the outgoing
emittance.
In June 2010 it is expected that the beam and all detectors will
be commissioned and the time of the first measurement of input beam emittance closely approaching.
The plan of steps of measurements of emittance and cooling, that will follow in the rest of 2010 and later, will be reported.
Primary author
Prof.
Vittorio Palladino
(Univ. & INFN Napoli, Italy)
Co-author
MICE The
(Collaboration)
