2011 Particle Accelerator Conference - List of Authors (Long, K.R.)

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MOP021	The MICE Muon Beamline and Induced Host Accelerator Beam Loss	148
	A.J. Dobbs, A. Alekou, K.R. Long Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
	Funding: Science and Technology Facilities Council The international Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment (MICE) is designed to provide a proof of principle of ionisation cooling to reduce the muon beam phase space at a future Neutrino Factory and Muon Collider. The MICE Muon Beam is generated by the decay of pions produced by dipping a cylindrical titanium target into the proton beam of the 800 MeV ISIS synchrotron at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, U.K. Studies of the particle rate in the MICE Muon Beamline and its relationship to induced beam loss in ISIS are presented, using data taken in Summer 2010. Using time-of-flight to perform particle identification estimates of muon rates are presented and related to induced beam loss.

TUP282	The MICE Target	1355
	P.J. Smith, C.N. Booth, P. Hodgson, E. Overton, M. Robinson Sheffield University, Sheffield, United Kingdom G.J. Barber, K.R. Long Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom E.G. Capocci, J.S. Tarrant STFC/RAL, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom B.J.A. Shepherd STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
	The MICE experiment uses a beam of low energy muons to test the feasibility of ionization cooling. This beam is derived parasitically from the ISIS accelerator at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. A target mechanism has been developed and deployed that rapidly inserts a small titanium target into the circulating proton beam immediately prior to extraction without undue disturbance of the primary ISIS beam. The first target drive was installed in ISIS during 2008 and operated successfully for over 100,000 pulses. A second upgraded design was installed in 2009 and after more than half a million actuations is still in operation. Further upgrades to the target design are now being tried in a separate test rig at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. The technical specifications for these upgraded designs are given and the motivations for the improvements are discussed. Additionally, further future improvements to the current design are discussed.

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The MICE Muon Beamline and Induced Host Accelerator Beam Loss

148

A.J. Dobbs, A. Alekou, K.R. Long
Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom

Funding: Science and Technology Facilities Council
The international Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment (MICE) is designed to provide a proof of principle of ionisation cooling to reduce the muon beam phase space at a future Neutrino Factory and Muon Collider. The MICE Muon Beam is generated by the decay of pions produced by dipping a cylindrical titanium target into the proton beam of the 800 MeV ISIS synchrotron at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, U.K. Studies of the particle rate in the MICE Muon Beamline and its relationship to induced beam loss in ISIS are presented, using data taken in Summer 2010. Using time-of-flight to perform particle identification estimates of muon rates are presented and related to induced beam loss.

TUP282

The MICE Target

1355

P.J. Smith, C.N. Booth, P. Hodgson, E. Overton, M. Robinson
Sheffield University, Sheffield, United Kingdom
G.J. Barber, K.R. Long
Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
E.G. Capocci, J.S. Tarrant
STFC/RAL, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
B.J.A. Shepherd
STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom

The MICE experiment uses a beam of low energy muons to test the feasibility of ionization cooling. This beam is derived parasitically from the ISIS accelerator at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. A target mechanism has been developed and deployed that rapidly inserts a small titanium target into the circulating proton beam immediately prior to extraction without undue disturbance of the primary ISIS beam. The first target drive was installed in ISIS during 2008 and operated successfully for over 100,000 pulses. A second upgraded design was installed in 2009 and after more than half a million actuations is still in operation. Further upgrades to the target design are now being tried in a separate test rig at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. The technical specifications for these upgraded designs are given and the motivations for the improvements are discussed. Additionally, further future improvements to the current design are discussed.