Continuation of UK participation in the International Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment - Bridging Funds
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Strathclyde
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
The Neutrino Factory is a possible future accelerator facility that creates beams of neutrinos from the decays of muons in a storage ring. The neutrino beams from a Neutrino Factory would have the highest intensity and can be controlled with unprecedented accuracy. For these reasons, the Neutrino Factory has the potential to discover measurable differences between neutrino and antineutrino oscillations, which could be the key to understanding the puzzle of the matter-antimatter asymmetry of the universe. This phenomenon, known as CP violation, has been observed in the quark sector but has never been seen in the neutrino sector. A future Neutrino Factory would determine CP violation in the neutrino sector with the best possible accuracy. Furthermore, a Neutrino factory could be used as a first stage before the construction of a Muon Collider, which could be used to measure the properties of the Higgs boson with the ultimate precision, and could potentially reach energies of up to 6 TeV, in order to explore new physics phenomena at the highest energy frontier.
Both the Neutrino Factory and a Muon Collider rely on the acceleration of muons. To be able to create muon accelerator facilities, we require to reduce the size of the muon beam so that it may be accelerated. Since muons decay within 2 microseconds in their own rest frame, the only known way to reduce the phase space of the muon beam before the muons decay is to use the concept of ionisation cooling, in which the muons lose energy in an absorber such as liquid hydrogen or lithium hydride (LiH) and then recover the longitudinal component of the momentum by accelerating them using RF cavities. The international Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) is an engineering demonstration of the concept of ionisation cooling. This experiment is being built at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, in which a beam of muons will be cooled in a muon cooling cell consisting of three absorbers and two RF cavities inside the field of two focus coil magnets. The emittance of the beam is measured before and after the cooling channel using a scintillating fibre tracker inside a superconducting solenoid, and the muons are identified using time-of-flight detectors, a Cherenkov detector and a calorimeter system consisting of a scintillating fibre-lead pre-shower detector (named the KL) and a totally active scintillating detector, called the Electron Muon Ranger (EMR).
In this proposal we aim to perform measurements of emittance reduction, without RF cavities (MICE step IV) and perform the final demonstration of ionisation cooling with RF cavities. This proposal is a bid for 9 months funding from April to December 2016 in order to bridge the current MICE Step IV construction grant that ends in March 2016 and the final demonstration of ionisation cooling, expected to run until 2019.
Both the Neutrino Factory and a Muon Collider rely on the acceleration of muons. To be able to create muon accelerator facilities, we require to reduce the size of the muon beam so that it may be accelerated. Since muons decay within 2 microseconds in their own rest frame, the only known way to reduce the phase space of the muon beam before the muons decay is to use the concept of ionisation cooling, in which the muons lose energy in an absorber such as liquid hydrogen or lithium hydride (LiH) and then recover the longitudinal component of the momentum by accelerating them using RF cavities. The international Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) is an engineering demonstration of the concept of ionisation cooling. This experiment is being built at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, in which a beam of muons will be cooled in a muon cooling cell consisting of three absorbers and two RF cavities inside the field of two focus coil magnets. The emittance of the beam is measured before and after the cooling channel using a scintillating fibre tracker inside a superconducting solenoid, and the muons are identified using time-of-flight detectors, a Cherenkov detector and a calorimeter system consisting of a scintillating fibre-lead pre-shower detector (named the KL) and a totally active scintillating detector, called the Electron Muon Ranger (EMR).
In this proposal we aim to perform measurements of emittance reduction, without RF cavities (MICE step IV) and perform the final demonstration of ionisation cooling with RF cavities. This proposal is a bid for 9 months funding from April to December 2016 in order to bridge the current MICE Step IV construction grant that ends in March 2016 and the final demonstration of ionisation cooling, expected to run until 2019.
Planned Impact
1) The main impact of the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) is its contribution to the worldwide Accelerator R&D programme. Techniques developed in MICE are essential for future high power proton facilities including the Neutrino Factory and the Muon Collider. These will benefit the worldwide accelerator industry, including the development of future RF cavities that can operate inside magnetic fields, the development of large superconducting technology that may be realised in a simpler and more cost-effective way, and the development of innovative instrumentation to operate at such facilities.
2) The training of accelerator physicists and engineers underpins the increasing use of accelerators in research and industry, including such disparate areas as medical treatment and diagnosis, security applications and power generation. MICE has trained over 67 STFC and university staff and students, including 22 PhD students (12 have graduated and are deploying their skills in industry, such as IT consultancy, the financial sector, IBM and defence industries), 16 post-doctoral and contract staff and 11 faculty (8 PDRA staff trained on the project have taken their expertise to other projects or to private industry). MICE has developed UK expertise in running a major project in the UK, with 4 STFC and 7 university staff playing senior roles in the project leadership. The expertise in university and STFC staff developed include: low frequency RF for future accelerators, large superconducting solenoids, novel liquid hydrogen handling systems and accelerator instrumentation.
3) The MICE project will benefit the following collaborations: the international MICE collaboration encompassing 34 institutions in 8 countries; the International Design Study for a Neutrino Factory (IDS-NF), (https://www.ids-nf.org/wiki/FrontPage) and the EC-funded EUROnu project (http://www.euronu.org/), the nuSTORM collaboration (http://arxiv.org/pdf/1206.0294v1.pdf) and the 'Proton Accelerators for Science and Innovation' (PASI) collaboration, (http://pasi.org.uk/Main_Page).
4) The MICE project is benefiting UK and international industry through engineering and construction partnerships: cryogenic engineering (AS Scientific), collaborative development of unusually large superconducting magnets with closed-circuit cooling with TESLA engineering (UK) and Wang NMR (USA), knowledge exchange in the development of the MICE target with TechVac, Multigrind Watford, ExcelPrecision and CCFE-Babcock, and knowledge exchange with UK industry in the manufacture of RF amplifier components, HT safety systems, high power, high frequency electrical contacts and specialist plating and joining methods.
5) The MICE project is active in the dissemination of its activities, with refereed journal and conference publications, a freely accessible archive record (http://www.mice.iit.edu/), organised outreach activities for school students, participation in the Annual Goldsmiths courses for A-level teachers, participation in the Particle Physics masterclasses, public events, such as the "Accelerator extravaganza" at RAL and the General Public Access Day at RAL (8 July 2015), 15 undergraduate, PGI and summer projects hosted by MICE, links to MSc in High Power RF Science and Engineering, publicity through Physics World and the CERN Courier, a prizewinning paper at the "SET for Britain" Meeting in 2009, and other public and media activities.
2) The training of accelerator physicists and engineers underpins the increasing use of accelerators in research and industry, including such disparate areas as medical treatment and diagnosis, security applications and power generation. MICE has trained over 67 STFC and university staff and students, including 22 PhD students (12 have graduated and are deploying their skills in industry, such as IT consultancy, the financial sector, IBM and defence industries), 16 post-doctoral and contract staff and 11 faculty (8 PDRA staff trained on the project have taken their expertise to other projects or to private industry). MICE has developed UK expertise in running a major project in the UK, with 4 STFC and 7 university staff playing senior roles in the project leadership. The expertise in university and STFC staff developed include: low frequency RF for future accelerators, large superconducting solenoids, novel liquid hydrogen handling systems and accelerator instrumentation.
3) The MICE project will benefit the following collaborations: the international MICE collaboration encompassing 34 institutions in 8 countries; the International Design Study for a Neutrino Factory (IDS-NF), (https://www.ids-nf.org/wiki/FrontPage) and the EC-funded EUROnu project (http://www.euronu.org/), the nuSTORM collaboration (http://arxiv.org/pdf/1206.0294v1.pdf) and the 'Proton Accelerators for Science and Innovation' (PASI) collaboration, (http://pasi.org.uk/Main_Page).
4) The MICE project is benefiting UK and international industry through engineering and construction partnerships: cryogenic engineering (AS Scientific), collaborative development of unusually large superconducting magnets with closed-circuit cooling with TESLA engineering (UK) and Wang NMR (USA), knowledge exchange in the development of the MICE target with TechVac, Multigrind Watford, ExcelPrecision and CCFE-Babcock, and knowledge exchange with UK industry in the manufacture of RF amplifier components, HT safety systems, high power, high frequency electrical contacts and specialist plating and joining methods.
5) The MICE project is active in the dissemination of its activities, with refereed journal and conference publications, a freely accessible archive record (http://www.mice.iit.edu/), organised outreach activities for school students, participation in the Annual Goldsmiths courses for A-level teachers, participation in the Particle Physics masterclasses, public events, such as the "Accelerator extravaganza" at RAL and the General Public Access Day at RAL (8 July 2015), 15 undergraduate, PGI and summer projects hosted by MICE, links to MSc in High Power RF Science and Engineering, publicity through Physics World and the CERN Courier, a prizewinning paper at the "SET for Britain" Meeting in 2009, and other public and media activities.
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)
- University of Geneva (Collaboration)
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (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
Lagrange J.-B.
(2016)
The MICE demonstration of muon ionization cooling
in IPAC 2016 - Proceedings of the 7th International Particle Accelerator Conference
Bayliss V
(2018)
The liquid-hydrogen absorber for MICE
in Journal of Instrumentation
Adams D
(2016)
Pion contamination in the MICE muon beam
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
Whyte C.
(2017)
Layout of the mice demonstration of muon ionization cooling
in Proceedings of Science
Blackmore V.J.
(2016)
Emittance measurement in the muon ionization cooling experiment
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
G.T. Chatzitheodoridis
(2021)
Field-Off Multiple Coulomb Scattering in the MICE Liquid Hydrogen Absorber
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 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 and cavities was 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, demonstrating the energy loss and scattering. The results support the overarching objectives of the experiment, and have shown the expected cooling effect as published in Nature, whilst the performance of the diagnostic system is the subject of a recent JINST paper. |
Exploitation Route | These findings provide evidence and derisking required for future accelerators for fundamental particle physics experiments, particularly neutrino factories and muon colliders. The latter potentially offers the most cost effective route to a future high precision, high energy lepton collider. Muon beams are also relevant to imaging and scanning applications. The Muon Collider initiative recently started in Europe benefits significantly from the research in this project. |
Sectors | Electronics Security and Diplomacy Other |
URL | http://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 three staff members 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. The development of expertise in RF drive systems, understanding the difficulties presented by the present technology and the connections developed in the course of the project contributed to opportunities for UK industry to supply amplifiers to accelerator applications, actively happening at this time. These developing interactions have also enabled the University to engage with industry to develop related technologies relevant to communications, projects currently underway with TMD and ESA. |
First Year Of Impact | 2016 |
Sector | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Electronics |
Impact Types | 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 | 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 |