| Paper | Title | Page |
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| WEPP110 | Design and Operational Experience of the MICE Target | 2764 |
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| The MICE experiment requires a beam of low energy muons to test muon cooling. This beam will be derived parasitically from the ISIS synchrotron. A novel target mechanism has been developed which allows the insertion of a small titanium target into the proton beam halo on demand. The target must remain outside of the beam envelope during acceleration, and then overtake the beam during the last 2ms before extraction. The technical specifications are demanding, and require large accelerations and precise and reproducible location of the target in each cycle. The mechanism must also operate in a high radiation environment, and the moving parts and materials must be compatible with the stringent requirements of operating in a working accelerator. The design, and the commissioning and operational experience using this system during the first operating periods in 2008 is described. |