Proposal for continuation of UK participation in the International Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Strathclyde
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
Neutrinos are three different but related particles; their ability to turn into each other has given physicists their first glimpse of the physics which they know must lay beyond the Standard Model. Investigation of the physics which underlies their properties will: deepen our understanding of how the Universe developed after the Big Bang; how the current asymmetry between matter and anti-matter developed from a situation where they were created in equal amounts in the Big Bang; and help us to understand what happens when a supernova explodes showering the cosmos with the heavy elements necessary for planets and life itself to form.
In order to understand their properties, we must build an accelerator capable of creating neutrinos in immense numbers. They must have energy between well-defined limits and the mixture of different types must be very precisely known. Such a facility, known as the Neutrino Factory, would be revolutionary and to build one is a challenging project, both from the point of view of the particle detectors which must be built, and the engineering problems which must be overcome. This programme needs a world-wide collaboration, but it is one in which physicists and engineers from the UK are playing a leading role.
Neutrinos are created from a beam of muons and the muons themselves are produced from the decay of pions produced by the collision of protons with a metal target. A machine to make an intense beam of neutrinos needs to take the beam of muons, which is large and diverges rapidly, and reduce its size and divergence. The resulting beam can be accelerated, stored and when it decays produces an intense beam of neutrinos. The muons only live for 2.2 microseconds when at rest, and even when they are accelerated and their lifetime is extended by the effect of relativity, there is little time to manipulate the muons so that they are in a state to be accelerated.
MICE is an international collaboration based at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire, which uses a beam of muons created by the ISIS accelerator and aims to show that it is feasible to create such an intense beam. It will do this by creating a beam of muons of much lower intensity and tracking each one individually through one part of the system which has been designed to perform this beam compression at the Neutrino Factory. This process where the random sideways motions of the muons are reduced and we are left with the longitudinal motion is referred to as cooling the beam; the system which performs the cooling is known as the cooling channel.
The first stage was to build a system capable of producing a muon beam whose size and divergence could be adjusted before it enters the cooling channel. This was completed last year and measurements have been made to show that the beam has the flexibility and intensity for MICE to perform the required measurements.
The second stage is to finish construction of the cooling channel itself and to provide a system to measure very accurately the position and momentum of each muon before and after it has passed through the cooling channel. By looking at many muons produced in many different conditions, it will be possible to determine how much cooling has been produced by the channel. In the channel itself the muons will be slowed by passing through a suitable material, such as liquid hydrogen, liquid helium or lithium hydride. As they slow they lose momentum both longitudinally and transversely to the beam axis. Then they are accelerated with high field radio frequency cavities, replacing only the longitudinal momentum.
This experiment which is pushing the boundaries of what is possible with materials, magnets and cooling technologies, represents a collaboration between particle physicists, and accelerator physicists and will demonstrate the UK's ability to host an experiment at the forefront of science and engineering.
In order to understand their properties, we must build an accelerator capable of creating neutrinos in immense numbers. They must have energy between well-defined limits and the mixture of different types must be very precisely known. Such a facility, known as the Neutrino Factory, would be revolutionary and to build one is a challenging project, both from the point of view of the particle detectors which must be built, and the engineering problems which must be overcome. This programme needs a world-wide collaboration, but it is one in which physicists and engineers from the UK are playing a leading role.
Neutrinos are created from a beam of muons and the muons themselves are produced from the decay of pions produced by the collision of protons with a metal target. A machine to make an intense beam of neutrinos needs to take the beam of muons, which is large and diverges rapidly, and reduce its size and divergence. The resulting beam can be accelerated, stored and when it decays produces an intense beam of neutrinos. The muons only live for 2.2 microseconds when at rest, and even when they are accelerated and their lifetime is extended by the effect of relativity, there is little time to manipulate the muons so that they are in a state to be accelerated.
MICE is an international collaboration based at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire, which uses a beam of muons created by the ISIS accelerator and aims to show that it is feasible to create such an intense beam. It will do this by creating a beam of muons of much lower intensity and tracking each one individually through one part of the system which has been designed to perform this beam compression at the Neutrino Factory. This process where the random sideways motions of the muons are reduced and we are left with the longitudinal motion is referred to as cooling the beam; the system which performs the cooling is known as the cooling channel.
The first stage was to build a system capable of producing a muon beam whose size and divergence could be adjusted before it enters the cooling channel. This was completed last year and measurements have been made to show that the beam has the flexibility and intensity for MICE to perform the required measurements.
The second stage is to finish construction of the cooling channel itself and to provide a system to measure very accurately the position and momentum of each muon before and after it has passed through the cooling channel. By looking at many muons produced in many different conditions, it will be possible to determine how much cooling has been produced by the channel. In the channel itself the muons will be slowed by passing through a suitable material, such as liquid hydrogen, liquid helium or lithium hydride. As they slow they lose momentum both longitudinally and transversely to the beam axis. Then they are accelerated with high field radio frequency cavities, replacing only the longitudinal momentum.
This experiment which is pushing the boundaries of what is possible with materials, magnets and cooling technologies, represents a collaboration between particle physicists, and accelerator physicists and will demonstrate the UK's ability to host an experiment at the forefront of science and engineering.
Planned Impact
MICE is a large, capital construction project. A significant part of the investment in the project has been used to source products and materials in British industry. For example, of the £4.50M non-staff spend in Phase I of the project, approximately £4.09M was used to source materials and equipment in the UK.
The UK is responsible for the procurement of the focus-coil modules that focus the muon beam at the centre of the liquid-hydrogen absorbers. Each focus-coil module contains two coils capable of producing a field of 5 T on axis. The coils will be kept cold using closed-cycle refrigerators (cryocoolers), a novel technique requiring considerable development. TESLA Engineering based in Surrey won the contract to provide the focus coils. Engineers and physicists from Technology Department at RAL and the University of Oxford are working with TESLA to ensure that the design and its implementation will yield a magnet fit for purpose in MICE. The expertise gained by TESLA will be applicable in the construction of magnets for other applications. In addition, the UK is responsible for the provision of liquid hydrogen to each of the three absorber-modules. The hydrogen delivery system uses state-of-the-art hydride-bed technology and liquefaction is performed with cryocoolers. The development of the systems for MICE will be carried out in collaboration with industry to the benefit of the hydrogen economy.
The MICE programme is varied, encompassing the development of numerical methods and simulation techniques, the development of accelerator hardware (from conventional transfer lines to the development of novel superconducting magnets), the construction of a novel, pion-production target, the development of hydrogen-handling systems, the provision of RF power, and the construction of state of the art diagnostics. Further, the implementation of the large and complicated project has allowed members of the collaboration to develop project management and integration engineering skills.
MICE is an integral part of the Proton Accelerators for Science and Innovation initiative, putting the UK firmly at the heart of the community that seeks to develop the technology required to produce high intensity muon beams suitable for use in the Neutrino Factory and Muon Collider. MICE has created a UK community capable of delivering large and complex projects in an international environment.
Substantial contributions to the experiment in equipment, personnel, and intellectual input are being made by the international collaboration. To date, the international collaboration has provided the muon decay solenoid, beam-line instrumentation (scintillators and scintillating-fibre based beam-position monitors), three time-of-flight hodoscopes, two Cherenkov detectors, a lead-scintillator pre-shower detector, a prototype of the Electron Muon Ranger, the tracker readout and cryogenic systems, three high-power RF amplifiers, and the data-acquisition system. Over the period of the award, the international collaboration will complete the time-of-flight and calorimeter systems and provide the spectrometer solenoids, the liquid-hydrogen absorbers, and the RF-cavity/coupling-coil modules. The total value of these contributions, through hard to estimate, is in excess of £25M.
By making a success of the MICE project, the UK has gained substantial influence in the international Neutrino Factory community. The leverage opportunity for the future will be to forge appropriate partnerships with those laboratories or collaborations wishing to develop the Neutrino Factory and Muon Collider as options for the field. This is being taken forward through the EC FP7 Preparatory Phase Project TIARA in which funds have been secured to turn the infrastructure that supports the MICE experiment into the Ionization Cooling Test Facility (the ICTF).
The UK is responsible for the procurement of the focus-coil modules that focus the muon beam at the centre of the liquid-hydrogen absorbers. Each focus-coil module contains two coils capable of producing a field of 5 T on axis. The coils will be kept cold using closed-cycle refrigerators (cryocoolers), a novel technique requiring considerable development. TESLA Engineering based in Surrey won the contract to provide the focus coils. Engineers and physicists from Technology Department at RAL and the University of Oxford are working with TESLA to ensure that the design and its implementation will yield a magnet fit for purpose in MICE. The expertise gained by TESLA will be applicable in the construction of magnets for other applications. In addition, the UK is responsible for the provision of liquid hydrogen to each of the three absorber-modules. The hydrogen delivery system uses state-of-the-art hydride-bed technology and liquefaction is performed with cryocoolers. The development of the systems for MICE will be carried out in collaboration with industry to the benefit of the hydrogen economy.
The MICE programme is varied, encompassing the development of numerical methods and simulation techniques, the development of accelerator hardware (from conventional transfer lines to the development of novel superconducting magnets), the construction of a novel, pion-production target, the development of hydrogen-handling systems, the provision of RF power, and the construction of state of the art diagnostics. Further, the implementation of the large and complicated project has allowed members of the collaboration to develop project management and integration engineering skills.
MICE is an integral part of the Proton Accelerators for Science and Innovation initiative, putting the UK firmly at the heart of the community that seeks to develop the technology required to produce high intensity muon beams suitable for use in the Neutrino Factory and Muon Collider. MICE has created a UK community capable of delivering large and complex projects in an international environment.
Substantial contributions to the experiment in equipment, personnel, and intellectual input are being made by the international collaboration. To date, the international collaboration has provided the muon decay solenoid, beam-line instrumentation (scintillators and scintillating-fibre based beam-position monitors), three time-of-flight hodoscopes, two Cherenkov detectors, a lead-scintillator pre-shower detector, a prototype of the Electron Muon Ranger, the tracker readout and cryogenic systems, three high-power RF amplifiers, and the data-acquisition system. Over the period of the award, the international collaboration will complete the time-of-flight and calorimeter systems and provide the spectrometer solenoids, the liquid-hydrogen absorbers, and the RF-cavity/coupling-coil modules. The total value of these contributions, through hard to estimate, is in excess of £25M.
By making a success of the MICE project, the UK has gained substantial influence in the international Neutrino Factory community. The leverage opportunity for the future will be to forge appropriate partnerships with those laboratories or collaborations wishing to develop the Neutrino Factory and Muon Collider as options for the field. This is being taken forward through the EC FP7 Preparatory Phase Project TIARA in which funds have been secured to turn the infrastructure that supports the MICE experiment into the Ionization Cooling Test Facility (the ICTF).
Organisations
- University of Strathclyde (Lead Research Organisation)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Collaboration)
- National Institute for Nuclear Physics (Collaboration)
- University of Warwick (Collaboration)
- U.S. Department of Energy (Collaboration)
- IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Collaboration)
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Collaboration)
- University of Geneva (Collaboration)
- University of Sheffield (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW (Collaboration)
- BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON (Collaboration)
- Illinois Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
- Fermilab - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Collaboration)
- Daresbury Laboratory (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL (Collaboration)
Publications
Ronald K.
(2013)
The RF system for the MICE experiment
in IPAC 2013: Proceedings of the 4th International Particle Accelerator Conference
Moss A.
(2014)
Commissioning of the mice RF SYSTEM
in IPAC 2014: Proceedings of the 5th International Particle Accelerator Conference
Lagrange J.-B.
(2016)
The MICE demonstration of muon ionization cooling
in IPAC 2016 - Proceedings of the 7th International Particle Accelerator Conference
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
Bayliss V
(2018)
The liquid-hydrogen absorber for MICE
in Journal of Instrumentation
MICE Collaboration
(2020)
Demonstration of cooling by the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment.
in Nature
Bogomilov M
(2017)
Lattice design and expected performance of the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment demonstration of ionization cooling
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Bogomilov M
(2022)
Multiple Coulomb scattering of muons in lithium hydride
in Physical Review D
Blackmore V.J.
(2016)
Emittance measurement in the muon ionization cooling experiment
in Proceedings of Science
Whyte C.
(2017)
Layout of the mice demonstration of muon ionization cooling
in Proceedings of Science
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
Ronald K
(2017)
RF system for the MICE demonstration of ionisation cooling
Whyte C
(2018)
Layout of the MICE Demonstration of Muon Ionization Cooling
Dick A
(2015)
The Progress on the MICE RF System
Montesinos, E.
(2014)
Design report of a 3 MW power amplifier
Kevin Ronald
(2017)
RF system for the MICE demonstration of ionisation cooling
Blackmore V
(2017)
Emittance Measurement in the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment
Mohayai T
(2017)
The MICE Demonstration of Muon Ionization Cooling
Moss A
(2014)
Demonstration of the RF Power System for the ICTF
Drielsma F
(2018)
Measurement of Phase Space Density Evolution in MICE
Description | This project has focused on the development of high power drive systems, cavities, diagnostics and simulations for the cooling channel required for a Muon particle accelerator (this is a candidate instrument for future fundamental particle physics experiments), and the study of the energy loss and scattering of particles as they transit relatively low atomic number media. The project has involved the University of Strathclyde working in a large international collaboration. The RF input sources have been developed in the UK at Daresbury laboratory and the University of Strathclyde participated in the demonstration of the required RF power with staff from Imperial College and the STFC main laboratories, and in integrating the RF power system into the experimental facility at RAL. The cavity was developed by Berkeley laboratory (US) and the University has participated in tests of the cavity at FermiLab (US), where it met the required performance for the Muon cooling experiment in the first trials. Testing and evolution of both the RF drive system has been achieved. A diagnostic to determine the transit phase of the Muons through the RF accelerator structure was developed based on a scheme of 'undersampling' has been shown to be feasible. The scheme has been successfully demonstrated on cavity signals obtained from FNAL. The project successfully measured the transit of muons through two distinct low-Z absorber materials and has shown that the cooling phenomenon canbe effectively realised in practice as described in Naure paper in 2020. The project is expected to result in further publications. |
Exploitation Route | Developments in HPRF systems and Accelerator Science have wide applications. Accelerators are important in security and healthcare as well as fundamental physics, whilst HPRF systems are vital to applications including Radar, communications and energy. Muon cooling systems make unusual demands on their HPRF system and the techniques developed to meet this can have impacts on these other wider application areas. |
Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Electronics Energy Healthcare Security and Diplomacy |
URL | http://www.mice.iit.edu |
Description | The results are being used in the preparation of papers from the International Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment (MICE) at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. This experiment will show that it is possible to form a controlled and well defined beam of Muons for a future accelerator. The technology to develop such systems, in terms of specialised instrumentation, magnets, cryogenic systems and RF systems can be expected to have a beneficial impact on the UK economy in the future. RF systems impact on communication, sensing, energy sectors and the development of these capabilities can also be expected to have social outcomes, including through potential impact on accelerators in healthcare and security. During the development of the systems, UK companies have been involved, generating economic impact: most of the application impacts will be realised in the future, however education impacts, through four staff members and one PhD student engaged in the project, and materials forming parts of UG and PGT instructional classes are already being realised. It is relevant to note that the University has a strong relationship with major UK industrial firms with expertise in RF and vacuum technology. This relationship has been enhanced by this project and has resulted in industrial partners of the University (UK manufacturing company) developing a market opportunity in accelerators. These developing interactions has also enabled the University to engage with industry to develop technologies relevant to communications, |
First Year Of Impact | 2016 |
Sector | Education,Electronics |
Impact Types | Societal Economic |
Description | RF Accelerator Material in L5 Instructional Class |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Impact | Students will have been informed of aspects of RF accelerator technology on completion of studies, informed by the research on the MICE project. This specifically relates to PGT courses. RF technology is regularly indicated as being a significant skills shortage in a international context (both for accelerator science and in a wider scope). |
Description | Continuation of UK participation in the International Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment - Bridging Funds |
Amount | £69,769 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/N003403/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2016 |
End | 12/2016 |
Description | MICE Ionization-Cooling Demonstration |
Amount | £373,578 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/P001114/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2017 |
End | 06/2020 |
Title | MICE Raw Data |
Description | Raw data obtained by the International Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment (MICE) experiment |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2016 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Papers on phase space control of muon beams |
URL | https://figshare.com/articles/MICE_Raw_Data/3179644 |
Title | MICE Recon Data |
Description | Reconstructed data produced by the International Muon Ionisation Experiment |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Papers on emittance control of beams of energetic muons by ionisation cooling |
URL | https://figshare.com/articles/_/5955850 |
Title | MICE Simulation Data |
Description | Simulations of ionisation cooling associated with the MICE project |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Data supporting papers of muon cooling and emittance control through interaction with low-Z absorbers |
URL | https://figshare.com/articles/_/5972329 |
Description | MICE |
Organisation | Fermilab - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
Department | FNAL - Other |
Country | United States |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | International Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment |
Collaborator Contribution | The Strathclyde aspects of MICE are focussed on the development of RF systems. In this context there are several major interactions within the MICE collaboration which are focussed on here. There are moreover much wider collaborations for other aspects of the MICE project. FNAL, LBL, DoE, IIT Very large contribution in the buiding and testing of the prototype RF cavities for MICE, Univ Geneva. development of data acquisition system for MICE, INFN Milan, Development of fast particle detectors. |
Impact | Publication of several papers |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | MICE |
Organisation | Illinois Institute of Technology |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | International Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment |
Collaborator Contribution | The Strathclyde aspects of MICE are focussed on the development of RF systems. In this context there are several major interactions within the MICE collaboration which are focussed on here. There are moreover much wider collaborations for other aspects of the MICE project. FNAL, LBL, DoE, IIT Very large contribution in the buiding and testing of the prototype RF cavities for MICE, Univ Geneva. development of data acquisition system for MICE, INFN Milan, Development of fast particle detectors. |
Impact | Publication of several papers |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | MICE |
Organisation | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
Country | United States |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | International Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment |
Collaborator Contribution | The Strathclyde aspects of MICE are focussed on the development of RF systems. In this context there are several major interactions within the MICE collaboration which are focussed on here. There are moreover much wider collaborations for other aspects of the MICE project. FNAL, LBL, DoE, IIT Very large contribution in the buiding and testing of the prototype RF cavities for MICE, Univ Geneva. development of data acquisition system for MICE, INFN Milan, Development of fast particle detectors. |
Impact | Publication of several papers |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | MICE |
Organisation | National Institute for Nuclear Physics |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | International Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment |
Collaborator Contribution | The Strathclyde aspects of MICE are focussed on the development of RF systems. In this context there are several major interactions within the MICE collaboration which are focussed on here. There are moreover much wider collaborations for other aspects of the MICE project. FNAL, LBL, DoE, IIT Very large contribution in the buiding and testing of the prototype RF cavities for MICE, Univ Geneva. development of data acquisition system for MICE, INFN Milan, Development of fast particle detectors. |
Impact | Publication of several papers |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | MICE |
Organisation | U.S. Department of Energy |
Country | United States |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | International Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment |
Collaborator Contribution | The Strathclyde aspects of MICE are focussed on the development of RF systems. In this context there are several major interactions within the MICE collaboration which are focussed on here. There are moreover much wider collaborations for other aspects of the MICE project. FNAL, LBL, DoE, IIT Very large contribution in the buiding and testing of the prototype RF cavities for MICE, Univ Geneva. development of data acquisition system for MICE, INFN Milan, Development of fast particle detectors. |
Impact | Publication of several papers |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | MICE |
Organisation | University of Geneva |
Department | Physics Section |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | International Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment |
Collaborator Contribution | The Strathclyde aspects of MICE are focussed on the development of RF systems. In this context there are several major interactions within the MICE collaboration which are focussed on here. There are moreover much wider collaborations for other aspects of the MICE project. FNAL, LBL, DoE, IIT Very large contribution in the buiding and testing of the prototype RF cavities for MICE, Univ Geneva. development of data acquisition system for MICE, INFN Milan, Development of fast particle detectors. |
Impact | Publication of several papers |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | MICE-UK |
Organisation | Brunel University London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Ronald, Strathclyde is the manager for the RF project on the collaboration. Strathclyde work with Imperial, Sheffield, Daresbury and RAL on the RF systems for the project. Strathclyde participated in the tests of the amplifier chain and the demonstration that they can be integrated in the MICE hall, and have participated in the tests of the cavities at Fermilab. Strathclyde are developing the detector to determine the RF phase during the particle transit of the cavities. The project also encompasses (through the international MICE collaboration) 10 US participating institutions, University of Geneva, four Italian Institutions, CERN, and Sofia with other institutions in Japan, China and the Netherlands. |
Collaborator Contribution | In terms of the RF project, Sheffield have interacted particularly with Strathclyde on the detectors for determining the RF phase experienced by the Muons crossing the accelerator gaps. Daresbury have led the development of the RF amplifiers, and are leading the LLRF system. Fermilab are testing the RF cavities developed by the Lawrence Berkeley lab. Close links with the Universities of MIlan and Geneva are important as the RF phase detection system must interface to the fast particle detectors and data capture systems developed by these laboratories. |
Impact | Two papers have been published to date |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | MICE-UK |
Organisation | Daresbury Laboratory |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Ronald, Strathclyde is the manager for the RF project on the collaboration. Strathclyde work with Imperial, Sheffield, Daresbury and RAL on the RF systems for the project. Strathclyde participated in the tests of the amplifier chain and the demonstration that they can be integrated in the MICE hall, and have participated in the tests of the cavities at Fermilab. Strathclyde are developing the detector to determine the RF phase during the particle transit of the cavities. The project also encompasses (through the international MICE collaboration) 10 US participating institutions, University of Geneva, four Italian Institutions, CERN, and Sofia with other institutions in Japan, China and the Netherlands. |
Collaborator Contribution | In terms of the RF project, Sheffield have interacted particularly with Strathclyde on the detectors for determining the RF phase experienced by the Muons crossing the accelerator gaps. Daresbury have led the development of the RF amplifiers, and are leading the LLRF system. Fermilab are testing the RF cavities developed by the Lawrence Berkeley lab. Close links with the Universities of MIlan and Geneva are important as the RF phase detection system must interface to the fast particle detectors and data capture systems developed by these laboratories. |
Impact | Two papers have been published to date |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | MICE-UK |
Organisation | Imperial College London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Ronald, Strathclyde is the manager for the RF project on the collaboration. Strathclyde work with Imperial, Sheffield, Daresbury and RAL on the RF systems for the project. Strathclyde participated in the tests of the amplifier chain and the demonstration that they can be integrated in the MICE hall, and have participated in the tests of the cavities at Fermilab. Strathclyde are developing the detector to determine the RF phase during the particle transit of the cavities. The project also encompasses (through the international MICE collaboration) 10 US participating institutions, University of Geneva, four Italian Institutions, CERN, and Sofia with other institutions in Japan, China and the Netherlands. |
Collaborator Contribution | In terms of the RF project, Sheffield have interacted particularly with Strathclyde on the detectors for determining the RF phase experienced by the Muons crossing the accelerator gaps. Daresbury have led the development of the RF amplifiers, and are leading the LLRF system. Fermilab are testing the RF cavities developed by the Lawrence Berkeley lab. Close links with the Universities of MIlan and Geneva are important as the RF phase detection system must interface to the fast particle detectors and data capture systems developed by these laboratories. |
Impact | Two papers have been published to date |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | MICE-UK |
Organisation | Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Ronald, Strathclyde is the manager for the RF project on the collaboration. Strathclyde work with Imperial, Sheffield, Daresbury and RAL on the RF systems for the project. Strathclyde participated in the tests of the amplifier chain and the demonstration that they can be integrated in the MICE hall, and have participated in the tests of the cavities at Fermilab. Strathclyde are developing the detector to determine the RF phase during the particle transit of the cavities. The project also encompasses (through the international MICE collaboration) 10 US participating institutions, University of Geneva, four Italian Institutions, CERN, and Sofia with other institutions in Japan, China and the Netherlands. |
Collaborator Contribution | In terms of the RF project, Sheffield have interacted particularly with Strathclyde on the detectors for determining the RF phase experienced by the Muons crossing the accelerator gaps. Daresbury have led the development of the RF amplifiers, and are leading the LLRF system. Fermilab are testing the RF cavities developed by the Lawrence Berkeley lab. Close links with the Universities of MIlan and Geneva are important as the RF phase detection system must interface to the fast particle detectors and data capture systems developed by these laboratories. |
Impact | Two papers have been published to date |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | MICE-UK |
Organisation | University of Glasgow |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Ronald, Strathclyde is the manager for the RF project on the collaboration. Strathclyde work with Imperial, Sheffield, Daresbury and RAL on the RF systems for the project. Strathclyde participated in the tests of the amplifier chain and the demonstration that they can be integrated in the MICE hall, and have participated in the tests of the cavities at Fermilab. Strathclyde are developing the detector to determine the RF phase during the particle transit of the cavities. The project also encompasses (through the international MICE collaboration) 10 US participating institutions, University of Geneva, four Italian Institutions, CERN, and Sofia with other institutions in Japan, China and the Netherlands. |
Collaborator Contribution | In terms of the RF project, Sheffield have interacted particularly with Strathclyde on the detectors for determining the RF phase experienced by the Muons crossing the accelerator gaps. Daresbury have led the development of the RF amplifiers, and are leading the LLRF system. Fermilab are testing the RF cavities developed by the Lawrence Berkeley lab. Close links with the Universities of MIlan and Geneva are important as the RF phase detection system must interface to the fast particle detectors and data capture systems developed by these laboratories. |
Impact | Two papers have been published to date |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | MICE-UK |
Organisation | University of Liverpool |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Ronald, Strathclyde is the manager for the RF project on the collaboration. Strathclyde work with Imperial, Sheffield, Daresbury and RAL on the RF systems for the project. Strathclyde participated in the tests of the amplifier chain and the demonstration that they can be integrated in the MICE hall, and have participated in the tests of the cavities at Fermilab. Strathclyde are developing the detector to determine the RF phase during the particle transit of the cavities. The project also encompasses (through the international MICE collaboration) 10 US participating institutions, University of Geneva, four Italian Institutions, CERN, and Sofia with other institutions in Japan, China and the Netherlands. |
Collaborator Contribution | In terms of the RF project, Sheffield have interacted particularly with Strathclyde on the detectors for determining the RF phase experienced by the Muons crossing the accelerator gaps. Daresbury have led the development of the RF amplifiers, and are leading the LLRF system. Fermilab are testing the RF cavities developed by the Lawrence Berkeley lab. Close links with the Universities of MIlan and Geneva are important as the RF phase detection system must interface to the fast particle detectors and data capture systems developed by these laboratories. |
Impact | Two papers have been published to date |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | MICE-UK |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Department | Department of Physics |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Ronald, Strathclyde is the manager for the RF project on the collaboration. Strathclyde work with Imperial, Sheffield, Daresbury and RAL on the RF systems for the project. Strathclyde participated in the tests of the amplifier chain and the demonstration that they can be integrated in the MICE hall, and have participated in the tests of the cavities at Fermilab. Strathclyde are developing the detector to determine the RF phase during the particle transit of the cavities. The project also encompasses (through the international MICE collaboration) 10 US participating institutions, University of Geneva, four Italian Institutions, CERN, and Sofia with other institutions in Japan, China and the Netherlands. |
Collaborator Contribution | In terms of the RF project, Sheffield have interacted particularly with Strathclyde on the detectors for determining the RF phase experienced by the Muons crossing the accelerator gaps. Daresbury have led the development of the RF amplifiers, and are leading the LLRF system. Fermilab are testing the RF cavities developed by the Lawrence Berkeley lab. Close links with the Universities of MIlan and Geneva are important as the RF phase detection system must interface to the fast particle detectors and data capture systems developed by these laboratories. |
Impact | Two papers have been published to date |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | MICE-UK |
Organisation | University of Sheffield |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Ronald, Strathclyde is the manager for the RF project on the collaboration. Strathclyde work with Imperial, Sheffield, Daresbury and RAL on the RF systems for the project. Strathclyde participated in the tests of the amplifier chain and the demonstration that they can be integrated in the MICE hall, and have participated in the tests of the cavities at Fermilab. Strathclyde are developing the detector to determine the RF phase during the particle transit of the cavities. The project also encompasses (through the international MICE collaboration) 10 US participating institutions, University of Geneva, four Italian Institutions, CERN, and Sofia with other institutions in Japan, China and the Netherlands. |
Collaborator Contribution | In terms of the RF project, Sheffield have interacted particularly with Strathclyde on the detectors for determining the RF phase experienced by the Muons crossing the accelerator gaps. Daresbury have led the development of the RF amplifiers, and are leading the LLRF system. Fermilab are testing the RF cavities developed by the Lawrence Berkeley lab. Close links with the Universities of MIlan and Geneva are important as the RF phase detection system must interface to the fast particle detectors and data capture systems developed by these laboratories. |
Impact | Two papers have been published to date |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | MICE-UK |
Organisation | University of Warwick |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Ronald, Strathclyde is the manager for the RF project on the collaboration. Strathclyde work with Imperial, Sheffield, Daresbury and RAL on the RF systems for the project. Strathclyde participated in the tests of the amplifier chain and the demonstration that they can be integrated in the MICE hall, and have participated in the tests of the cavities at Fermilab. Strathclyde are developing the detector to determine the RF phase during the particle transit of the cavities. The project also encompasses (through the international MICE collaboration) 10 US participating institutions, University of Geneva, four Italian Institutions, CERN, and Sofia with other institutions in Japan, China and the Netherlands. |
Collaborator Contribution | In terms of the RF project, Sheffield have interacted particularly with Strathclyde on the detectors for determining the RF phase experienced by the Muons crossing the accelerator gaps. Daresbury have led the development of the RF amplifiers, and are leading the LLRF system. Fermilab are testing the RF cavities developed by the Lawrence Berkeley lab. Close links with the Universities of MIlan and Geneva are important as the RF phase detection system must interface to the fast particle detectors and data capture systems developed by these laboratories. |
Impact | Two papers have been published to date |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | First Ever Ionization Cooling Demonstration in MICE |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Poster paper at Neutrino 2018 - XXVIII International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://zenodo.org/record/1300586 |
Description | MICE Collaboration Meetings |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Typically participation in international MICE collaboration meetings (three per annum), locations spanning UK, US, Europe. In addition participation in several programme review meetings (typically two per annum) on the management of the research programme, plus engaging in focussed scientific and technical advisory review bodies. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 |
URL | http://www.mice.iit.edu |
Description | Public Lecture Rutherford Appleton Lab - Muons |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Open day - afternoon lecture series and Experiment tour. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Recent results from MICE on multiple Coulomb scattering and energy loss |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Poster paper at XXVIII International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/nu2018/speakers |
Description | School poster competition |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | School poster competition to design 'mural' for MICE Hall |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |