MICE support - supplement to Consolidated Grant ST/K001337/1
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Sheffield
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
Please refer to the Consolidated Grant ST/K001337/1
Planned Impact
Please refer to the Consolidated Grant ST/K001337/1
Publications
Adams D
(2016)
Pion contamination in the MICE muon beam
in Journal of Instrumentation
Bogomilov M
(2017)
Lattice design and expected performance of the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment demonstration of ionization cooling
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Adams D
(2019)
First particle-by-particle measurement of emittance in the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment
in The European Physical Journal C
| Description | The grant provided specialised IT support for on-line systems for the MICE experiment. The results of MICE are ongoing, and are reported elsewhere. |
| Exploitation Route | The on-line control and monitoring systems developed by staff supported on this grant are currently in use in the MICE experiment. |
| Sectors | Other |
| Description | MICE |
| Organisation | International MICE Collaboration |
| Country | Global |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Design, construction, maintenance and operation of target drive. Periods as Operations Manager on site; running experimental shifts; providing on-call experts, etc. Monitoring of experimental conditions; analysis of data. Magnetic modelling and shielding calculations. Field mapping studies. Calibration system for fibre tracker. Collaboration Board secretary and Chair. Member of Executive Board. Integration Scientist; Detector Coordinator. Duty coordinator. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Joint construction of apparatus; sharing in running shifts; joint analysis of data. Provision of other parts of the experiment. |
| Impact | Working target drive for generation of muons. Operational beam-line for measurement of muon cooling. Journal publications and conference talks. |
| Description | School visits |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Multiple talks, to groups of 20-30 sixth form pupils. Questions and discussions followed. Roughly 8-10 such talks per year in recent years. Further invitations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018 |