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
(2015)
Electron-muon ranger: performance 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
Adams D
(2016)
Pion contamination 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
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
(2014)
Neutrino factory
in Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams
Booth C
(2016)
The design and performance of an improved target for MICE
in Journal of Instrumentation
Booth C
(2013)
The design, construction and performance of the MICE target
in Journal of Instrumentation
Dobbs A
(2016)
The reconstruction software for the MICE scintillating fibre trackers
in Journal of Instrumentation
| 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 | Particle Physics Consolidated Grant from the University of Sheffield - ATLAS, ATLAS upgrade, T2K, LBNE/F, Hyper-K, MICE, LZ, DMGS, DRIFT, R&D, KE |
| Amount | £2,709,792 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/N000277/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2015 |
| End | 09/2019 |
| 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 |