Proposal for UK participation in Phase II of the International Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment and request for resources to exploit the experiment
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Sheffield
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
See previous application PP/E003141/1 and document http://hepunx.rl.ac.uk/uknf/Governance/sg/proposal2006/Reconciliation/Hidden//2008/10-Oct/2008-10-10-MICE-UK-UKNF-Allocations-08-11-Addendum2-Final.pdf
People |
ORCID iD |
Christopher Booth (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Apollonio M
(2009)
Forward production of charged pions with incident p ± on nuclear targets measured at the CERN PS
in Nuclear Physics A
Ahmad A
(2014)
Generic study on the design and operation of high power targets
in Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams
Adey D
(2014)
Light sterile neutrino sensitivity at the nuSTORM facility
in Physical Review D
Adams, D
(2008)
Measurement of particle production from the MICE target
in NEUTRINO FACTORIES, SUPERBEAMS AND BETABEAMS
Adams D
(2015)
Electron-muon ranger: performance in the MICE muon beam
in Journal of Instrumentation
Adams D
(2019)
First particle-by-particle measurement of emittance in the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment
in The European Physical Journal C
Adams D
(2016)
Pion contamination in the MICE muon beam
in Journal of Instrumentation
Adams D
(2013)
Characterisation of the muon beams for the Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment
in The European Physical Journal C
Description | The first phases of the MICE experiment have been completed, and results are given elsewhere. This grant has enabled to development of a dynamic target to generate muons beams, as well as contributions to development, operation and understanding of sophisticated particle tracking and identification detectors. As a result, a better understanding has been obtained of the properties of the muon beams which will be used in future phases of the experiment. |
Exploitation Route | The results will be used by the members of the collaboration in future research. |
Sectors | Other |
Description | PPRP |
Amount | £108,794 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/N003306/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2015 |
End | 12/2016 |
Description | PPRP |
Amount | £117,228 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/K00610X/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2012 |
End | 09/2015 |
Description | PPRP Standard |
Amount | £351,640 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/P001181/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2017 |
End | 06/2018 |
Description | STFC/RAL Secondment |
Amount | £48,905 (GBP) |
Funding ID | STFC-4831 |
Organisation | Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2015 |
End | 12/2016 |
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 | UK Neutrino factory target |
Organisation | Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
Department | Particle Physics Department |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Intellectual input; management of experimental work; simulation studies; analysis of data |
Collaborator Contribution | Simulation studies |
Impact | Publications on high temperature transient properties of tungsten and tantalum |
Description | UK Neutrino factory target |
Organisation | University of Warwick |
Department | Department of Physics |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Intellectual input; management of experimental work; simulation studies; analysis of data |
Collaborator Contribution | Simulation studies |
Impact | Publications on high temperature transient properties of tungsten and tantalum |
Title | DLC |
Description | Improved Diamond-like Carbon coatings for non-lubricated bearings in vacuum Materials and lightweight structures |
Type Of Technology | Systems, Materials & Instrumental Engineering |
Year Produced | 2008 |
Impact | Work with industry led to better understanding of coating failures. |
Description | Poster session, RAL |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Presentation to local MP, accompanied by press. Not known. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
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 |
Description | UKNF & MICE Poster exhibitions |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Poster Presentation |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Visitors to RAL expressed interest in the research described. N/A |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009,2012,2013 |