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MICE
The International Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment
MICE CM19
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Overview
MICE has essentially recovered from a major hiccup (Project manager resignation) and associated collateral damages (PSI solenoid, lapses of communication, delays in refurbishment of quads etc...) thanks to the dedication of many MICE collaborators, and Ken Long and Chris Nelson in particular. The collaboration is holding together.
-- aim to have beam in the MICE hall in fall 2007 has vanished.
-- Priority #1 is to ensure that full beam line is ready for step I data taking at the end of the Christmas shutdown (20 January)
-- A cosmic test will be organized in bldg. R12 in November-December with a good fraction of detectors (DAQ, Tracker, CKOV, TOF0 and TOF1, KL)
-- shakedown of the detectors and practice of DAQ-- avoids work pileup in February 2008
-- Much progress has been accomplished in the MICE beam line and Hall construction Main technical uncertainties concern the target, and the PSI solenoid
-- thanks to the staging of MICE, damage to the overall schedule is limited -- Funding has made substantial progress (especially in the USA) and the construction process for Phase II elements has begun
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MICE Schedule as of October 2007
January 2008
STEP I
April 2008
STEP III July 2008
STEP II
STEP IV Delivery of 1st FC~May 2009
STEP V >summer 2009
STEP VI end 2009 (or 2010)
major issues:get everything togethertarget installationrate vs beam loss monitors
Data taking and data analysis
(support for collaborators at RAL)
getting SW built
AFC module *absorbers*
what is the field emission in magnetic field?
firm up schedule of step IV/V/VI
RFCC module
what comes after MICE step VI?
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-- NEWS --
1. Since March 25, Malcolm Ellis is keeping a MICE NEWS page. http://hep04.phys.iit.edu/cooldemo/news/weeklydigest.html
2. MICE Installations/commissionning/operations group MICO is now operational. (last meeting on 13 September). Still dominated by locals rather than northern UK or other countries. Weekly MICE installation and
MICE planning meetings. MICO this week should concentrate on getting cosmic run ready
3. Fermilab has launched a Muon Collider Task Force for muon collider studies and R&D with funding at similar level as NFMCC
4. EUROnu Design study proposal has been approved.
5. Project management (replacement of Paul Drumm) is now agreed and ready to go
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Project Manager/Technical Coordinator
R. Apsimon (PPD), A. Nichols (STBU)
October 2007
MICE Hall Manager/Principal Contractor
W. Spensley (ALSTEC)
10th September 2007
Hall Foremen
A. Jamdagni (Imperial),A.N. Other (PPD)
June 2007,October 2007
MICE integration physicist
Malcolm Ellis
ISIS Liaison OfficerC. Rogers (ASTeC)
20th August 2007
Project management (replacement of Paul Drumm) is now agreed and ready to go
proposal for PM/TC has been made to collaboration baord
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Access to MICE by collaborators from abroad
It has become more and more evident that running MICE will require people on the site at RAL for extended periods of running. O(6 mo/year)
This is beyond the scope of the MICE-UK project.
For EU partners there exists the possibility of Transnational Access support by EU Such a proposal is being developed for the next "CARE" proposal (OMIA?)
For other collaborators bilateral collaboration agreements should be established.
Explicit request has been made in this direction by Chinese colleagues
Point was raised to RAL PPD who promised to help
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Final Comment -- Beyond Phase II
Once PHASE II is completed, the MICE hall remains a facility with-- spectrometers, TOF and PID able to measure emittance to 10-3
-- 8 MW of 201 MHz RF power -- 23 MV of RF acceleration-- Liquid hydrogen infrastructure and safety system
MICE can become a facility to test new cooling ideas
Longitudinal cooling?Lithium lense?ISS cooling cell?Guggenheim?etc etc...
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