Proposal for UK participation in Phase II of the International Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Glasgow
Department Name: School of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
One of the most challenging questions in understanding the origin of the Universe is why it is almost entirely made of matter. We believe the Big Bang which created it made equal amounts of matter and antimatter. It is possible that the answer to this puzzle lies in the properties of particles known as neutrinos. We know very little about neutrinos. They are fundamental particles; they weigh almost nothing and they hardly interact with ordinary matter. It is possible that neutrinos and their 'antiparticles' (antineutrinos) behave differently -- a phenomenon known to physicists as 'CP violation'. Because they interact are so weakly, intense beams of neutrinos are needed to study their properties. Machines called 'Neutrino Factories' promise intense neutrino beams The neutrinos would come from the decay of parent particles called muons. These would be stored in a special ring -- the 'decay ring' -- and allowed to decay naturally to neutrinos. Beams of neutrinos would then travel several thousands of kilometres to large detectors where their interactions would be studied. Muons beams can be produced quite easily, but they are large and have a wide spread in angle. A fundamental challenge in the design of a neutrino factory is to reduce the size of the muon beam so that it can fit into the decay ring. The process of reducing the size and spread of a beam of particles is known as 'cooling'. There are a number of commonly used ways of cooling beams of particles but these take a long time and cannot be used for muons because they decay to neutrinos in a few microseconds. The development of a new technique called 'ionisation cooling' is essential. If a beam of muons is passed through some material the muons will slow down. If they are then all reaccelerated in the same direction, the size and spread of the beam will be reduced. If this process is repeated many times, the beam can be made narrow and parallel enough to fit into a storage ring. The Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment (MICE) at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK aims to demonstrate the ionisation cooling of muons for the first time. It consists of a short 'cooling section' which contains 'absorbers' where the muons lose energy and 'cavities' where the muons are accelerated by high electric fields. The muons will be guided by strong magnetic fields from superconducting magnets. The size the muon beam will be measured before and after it has passed through the cooling section. Because the cooling section is short the cooling effect will be quite small and the before- and-after measurements must be made with a precision of one part in a thousand. The high electric and magnetic fields, and the possibility that liquid hydrogen will be used as an absorber material, mean that the engineering of MICE is extremely challenging.
Organisations
- University of Glasgow (Lead Research Organisation)
- University of Trieste (Collaboration)
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (BINP) (Collaboration)
- University of Naples (Collaboration)
- University of California, Riverside (Collaboration)
- National Institute for Nuclear Physics (Collaboration)
- University of Kyoto (Collaboration)
- Sofia University (Collaboration)
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) (Collaboration)
- University of Northern Illinois (Collaboration)
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) (Collaboration)
- University of Geneva (Collaboration)
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (Collaboration)
- University of New Hampshire (Collaboration)
- University of Sheffield (Collaboration)
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Collaboration)
- Roma Tre University (Collaboration)
- Osaka University (Collaboration)
- Harbin Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
- Brunel University London (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL (Collaboration)
- University of Iowa (Collaboration)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Collaboration)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Collaboration)
- Paul Scherrer Institute (Collaboration)
- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (Collaboration)
- IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
- Daresbury Laboratory (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Collaboration)
- National Institute for Subatomic Physics Nikhef (Collaboration)
- Argonne National Laboratory (Collaboration)
- Muons Inc (Collaboration)
- University of Mississippi (Collaboration)
- Fermilab - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Collaboration)
- Cockcroft Institute (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Paul Soler (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
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(2013)
Status of a MIND type Neutrino Factory Far Detector
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Cervera A
(2010)
Performance of the MIND detector at a Neutrino Factory using realistic muon reconstruction
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Forrest D
(2010)
A new application for the Grid: muon ionization cooling for a Neutrino Factory.
in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
Bogomilov M
(2017)
Lattice design and expected performance of the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment demonstration of ionization cooling
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Edgecock T
(2016)
Publisher's Note: High intensity neutrino oscillation facilities in Europe [Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 16 , 021002 (2013)]
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Bayes R
(2012)
Golden channel at a neutrino factory revisited: Improved sensitivities from a magnetized iron neutrino detector
in Physical Review D
Adey D
(2014)
Light sterile neutrino sensitivity at the nuSTORM facility
in Physical Review D
Bogomilov M
(2014)
Neutrino factory
in Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams
Bross A
(2013)
Toroidal magnetized iron neutrino detector for a neutrino factory
in Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams
Bogomilov M
(2013)
Neutrino factory near detector
in Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams
| Description | Developed the muon beam for the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and fully characterised it. |
| Exploitation Route | The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment will be essential to develop a Neutrino Factory and a Muon Collider |
| Sectors | Creative Economy,Healthcare,Other |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | Argonne National Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | Brunel University London |
| Department | School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (BINP) |
| Country | Russian Federation |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | Cockcroft Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | Daresbury Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | Fermilab - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | Harbin Institute of Technology |
| Department | Institute of Cryogenics and Superconductivity Technology |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) |
| Department | Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | Imperial College London |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | Muons Inc |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
| Department | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | National Institute for Nuclear Physics |
| Department | National Institute for Nuclear Physics - Pavia |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | National Institute for Nuclear Physics |
| Department | National Institute for Nuclear Physics - Pavia |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | National Institute for Subatomic Physics Nikhef |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | Osaka University |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | Paul Scherrer Institute |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | Roma Tre University |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | Sofia University |
| Department | Department of Atomic Physics |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| Department | Division of Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of California, Riverside |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Geneva |
| Department | Department of Nuclear and Particle Physics |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Iowa |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Kyoto |
| Department | Research Reactor Institute |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Liverpool |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Mississippi |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Naples |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of New Hampshire |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Northern Illinois |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Sheffield |
| Department | Department of Physics and Astronomy |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | International MICE Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Trieste |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MICE conditions database, luminosity monitor, MICE Step I data analysis, analysis of MICE target yields |
| Collaborator Contribution | Buikding the MICE beam, MICE instrumentation and the MICE cooling channel |
| Impact | Construction of the MICE beam, detectors and progress towards construction of the MICE cooling channel |
| Start Year | 2006 |