The liquid-hydrogen absorber for MICE

This paper describes the liquid hydrogen system constructed for The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE); MICE was built at the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory to demonstrate the principle of muon beam phase-space reduction via ionization cooling. Muon beam cooling will be required at a fut...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering 2019-04, Vol.502 (1), p.12150
Main Authors: Bayliss, V, Boehm, J, Bradshaw, T, Courthold, M, Harrison, S, Hills, M, Hodgson, P, Ishimoto, S, Kurup, A, Lau, W, Long, K, Macwaters, C, Nichols, A, Summers, D, Tucker, M, Warburton, P, Watson, S, Whyte, C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorbers
Cooling
Energy absorption
Hydrogen
Ionization
Liquid hydrogen
Muons
Neutrinos
Particle beams
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Summary:This paper describes the liquid hydrogen system constructed for The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE); MICE was built at the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory to demonstrate the principle of muon beam phase-space reduction via ionization cooling. Muon beam cooling will be required at a future proton-derived neutrino factory or muon collider. Ionization cooling is achieved by passing the beam through an energy-absorbing material, such as liquid hydrogen, and then re-accelerating the beam using RF cavities. This paper describes the system creating the 22l of liquid hydrogen within the MICE beamline; the necessary safety engineering, the liquid hydrogen absorber and its associated cryogenic and gas systems are presented, along with its performance.
ISSN:1757-8981
1757-899X
1757-899X
DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/502/1/012150