To demonstrate that the volume occupied by a muon beam can be reduced (“cooled”) would be to establish the feasibility of muon accelerators for particle physics. Muon accelerators have the potential to unlock the secrets nature has hidden in the properties of the neutrino and to provide the capability to deliver collisions even more energetic than those that can be achieved at the LHC. MICE has delivered the necessary, seminal, demonstration of cooling.
Read more for an outline of MICE and an introduction to muon accelerators for particle physics.
Performance of the MICE diagnostic system 2021 JINST 16 P08046 DOI e-Print
Demonstration of cooling by the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment Nature 578(2020)53
First particle-by-particle measurement of emittance in the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment DOI e-Print
Design and expected performance of the MICE demonstration of ionization cooling DOI e-Print
| Feb 3, 2022 | Yağmur Torun |