Status of MICE, the international Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment

An international experiment designed to demonstrate muon ionization cooling is being built at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL). The experiment consists of one cell of a Neutrino Factory cooling channel, along with upstream and downstream detectors to identify individual muons and measure their initial and final emittance to a precision of 0.1%. Magnetic design of the beamline and cooling channel are complete, and portions are under construction. This paper describes the experiment, including cooling channel hardware designs, fabrication status, and running plans.

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