Measurements of muon multiple scattering in MICE

Bayes, R. (2017) Measurements of muon multiple scattering in MICE. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 888, 012212. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/888/1/012212)

Abstract

Neutrino factories have been identified as the best facility for making precision measurements of neutrino oscillation physics. To fully realize this technology, a demonstration of the reduction of the phase space of a muon beam must be presented. The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) is tasked with providing such a demonstration. Ionization cooling uses the energy loss in a low Z material followed by acceleration in RF cavities to reduce the phase space of a beam on a time scale many times less than the time scale of muon decay. Multiple coulomb scattering (MCS) simultaneously inflates the muon beam and so the interplay between energy loss and MCS must be well understood. Unfortunately MCS is not well simulated in the materials of interest in the GEANT Monte Carlo program. A programme has commenced for MICE to measure MCS in several materials of interest including lithium hydride, liquid hydrogen, and gaseous xenon. The experimental methods and early results will be presented.

• Item Type: Articles
• Additional Information: Paper presented at XXVII International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics (Neutrino2016), 4–9 July 2016, United Kingdom.
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Bayes, Dr Ryan
• Authors: Bayes, R.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
• Journal Name: Journal of Physics: Conference Series
• Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.
• ISSN: 1742-6588
• ISSN (Online): 1742-6596
• Published Online: 20 September 2017
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd
• First Published: First published in Journal of Physics: Conference Series 888: 012212
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License