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Adey, David, Ph.D. (2012) Beam instrumentation and investigations into muon cooling at MICE. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
The Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment (MICE) aims to make a proof of principle
measurement of ionisation cooling of muon beams for use in a future neutrino
factory or muon collider. To complete this measurement, two precision scintillating
fibre spectrometers have been constructed, for which data acquisition systems and
calibration procedures have been developed. In addition, reconstruction algorithms
have been written and the performance of the detectors tested with cosmic rays.
To explore the behaviour of the MICE cooling channel under various conditions
associated with the beam emittance and RF phase, a method of particle
weighting using approximate Voronoi diagrams was used and shown to be a viable
method of statistical weighting. Investigations have also been made into approximating
the MICE cooling channel with transfer matrices, using a neural network
approach to fit the data. This showed that whilst the effect of the magnetic field
on the particle trajectory can be accounted for in a simple transfer matrix, the inclusion
of stochastic effects is essential to an accurate approximation of emittance
transferral through the channel.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Ionization, Muons, Scintillation spectrometry | ||||
Official Date: | February 2012 | ||||
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Department of Physics | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Boyd, Steve B. ; Back, John | ||||
Extent: | xi, 174 leaves : ill., charts | ||||
Language: | eng |
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