Research in High Energy Physics - MICE Studentship
Lead Research Organisation:
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
Advance MICE experiment.
Provide suitable PhD training in particle physics, instrumentation, and accelerator R&D, along with more general skills such as data anlayis and transferable skills such as team work, as needed.
Provide suitable PhD training in particle physics, instrumentation, and accelerator R&D, along with more general skills such as data anlayis and transferable skills such as team work, as needed.
Planned Impact
The training and skills acquired during a PhD in particle physics make the student very attractive to wide range of fields upon graduation - ranging from finance through to research.
Publications
Adams D
(2019)
First particle-by-particle measurement of emittance in the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment
in The European Physical Journal C
Adams D
(2013)
Characterisation of the muon beams for the Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment
in The European Physical Journal C
Adams D
(2016)
Pion contamination in the MICE muon beam
in Journal of Instrumentation
Adams D
(2015)
Electron-muon ranger: performance in the MICE muon beam
in Journal of Instrumentation
Adey D
(2017)
Overview of the Neutrinos from Stored Muons Facility - nuSTORM
in Journal of Instrumentation
Adey D
(2014)
Light sterile neutrino sensitivity at the nuSTORM facility
in Physical Review D
Apollonio M
(2012)
The International Design Study for the Neutrino Factory
in Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
Asfandiyarov R
(2019)
MAUS: the MICE analysis user software
in Journal of Instrumentation
Bayliss V
(2019)
The liquid-hydrogen absorber for MICE
in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
Bayliss V
(2018)
The liquid-hydrogen absorber for MICE
in Journal of Instrumentation
| Description | The thesis prepared by the student presented a systematic evaluation of the cooling performance of the MICE channel using liquid hydrogen and lithium hydride as energy absorbing materials. The results are now being prepared for submission to Nature Physics. |
| Exploitation Route | The results presented in the thesis, and in the subsequent publication, will be input to the further development of ionisation cooling channels in the context of the CERN-based international Muon Collider Collaboration and, perhaps in the future, the development of a design for a neutrino factory. |
| Sectors | Other |
| Description | MICE beam line, dipping target and beam line, tracker and MICE Step I data analysis |
| Organisation | International MICE Collaboration |
| Country | Global |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Construction of, and control systems for the MICE target, construction of the MICE Muon Beam. Construction, commissioning with cosmics, of the MICE tracker. Analysis of data from the MICE experiment and preparation for publication. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Contributions to the MICE dipping target, the decay solenoid and conventional magnet systems. Readout for the tracker and contributions to the commissioning. Development of algorithms for the analysis of MICE data and publication. |
| Impact | Publications in refereed journals (2); many talks at international conferences. |