First particle-by-particle measurement of emittance in the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment

First particle-by-particle measurement of emittance in the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment

Abstract 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 fr...

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Main Authors: MICE Collaboration, D. Adams, D. Adey, R. Asfandiyarov, G. Barber, A. de Bari, R. Bayes, V. Bayliss, R. Bertoni, V. Blackmore, A. Blondel, J. Boehm, M. Bogomilov, M. Bonesini, C. N. Booth, D. Bowring, S. Boyd, T. W. Bradshaw, A. D. Bross, C. Brown, G. Charnley, G. T. Chatzitheodoridis, F. Chignoli, M. Chung, D. Cline, J. H. Cobb, D. Colling, N. Collomb, P. Cooke, M. Courthold, L. M. Cremaldi, A. DeMello, A. J. Dick, A. Dobbs, P. Dornan, F. Drielsma, K. Dumbell, M. Ellis, F. Filthaut, P. Franchini, B. Freemire, A. Gallagher, R. Gamet, R. B. S. Gardener, S. Gourlay, A. Grant, J. R. Greis, S. Griffiths, P. Hanlet, G. G. Hanson, T. Hartnett, C. Heidt, P. Hodgson, C. Hunt, S. Ishimoto, D. Jokovic, P. B. Jurj, D. M. Kaplan, Y. Karadzhov, A. Klier, Y. Kuno, A. Kurup, P. Kyberd, J-B. Lagrange, J. Langlands, W. Lau, D. Li, Z. Li, A. Liu, K. Long, T. Lord, C. Macwaters, D. Maletic, B. Martlew, J. Martyniak, R. Mazza, S. Middleton, T. A. Mohayai, A. Moss, A. Muir, I. Mullacrane, J. J. Nebrensky, D. Neuffer, A. Nichols, J. C. Nugent, A. Oates, D. Orestano, E. Overton, P. Owens, V. Palladino, M. Palmer, J. Pasternak, V. Pec, C. Pidcott, M. Popovic, R. Preece, S. Prestemon, D. Rajaram, S. Ricciardi, M. Robinson, C. Rogers, K. Ronald, P. Rubinov, H. Sakamoto, D. A. Sanders, A. Sato, M. Savic, P. Snopok, P. J. Smith, F. J. P. Soler, Y. Song, T. Stanley, G. Stokes, V. Suezaki, D. J. Summers, C. K. Sung, J. Tang, J. Tarrant, I. Taylor, L. Tortora, Y. Torun, R. Tsenov, M. Tucker, M. A. Uchida, S. Virostek, G. Vankova-Kirilova, P. Warburton, S. Wilbur, A. Wilson, H. Witte, C. White, C. G. Whyte, X. Yang, A. R. Young, M. Zisman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-03-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6674-y
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Summary:Abstract 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.
ISSN:1434-6044
1434-6052

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