Paolo Franchini

University of Warwick

MICE Project Board report

Tuning the MICE Muon Beam

7th March 2017

 Beam line overview
9 quadrupole
2 bending dipoles
Decay solenoid
Proton absorber
Diffuser

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 Beam line definition
Upstream:
Q123 collects the pions from the target
Momentum selection by D1
Pion decays in the Decay Solenoid

Downstream:
Proton absorber
Transport of the muons
Control of the emittance before the cooling channel

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 Pion beam
In 2016 moved from a pure muon into a pion beam
Momentum selection at D1 is set ~ D2
Mixed beam
Well separated time of flight peaks for pions, muons and
electrons
Low pion contamination m
Better muon statistic
e
p

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 MC simulation
Simulation from the target up to D2: G4Beamline
Complete simulation of the cooling channel: MAUS
Beam line currents defined with the MC

MC (G4BL) still needs improvements: not sufficient to model the

beam line in order to define the magnets currents for a matched
beam
Tuning effects in the MC are less evident than in the real data

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 Dipole survey
D2 is a Nimrod 6 Type 1 dipole (pole ~15 cm)
Frame bolted on D2 in the DSA
Calibrated HIRST GM08 gaussmeter
Sensitivity 1 mT
Transverse 1-axis probe, 3 m lead
Probe inside the pole on a rail
Maximum current in D2: 200 A

Survey of the frame position wrt the MICE beamline

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 Dipole survey
Measurement of the B(I) done on D2
Discrepancy with the saturation curve used in the MC
Better agreement with the momentum distribution
Current [A]

0.9%
2.7%

Measured curve
5.7% MC curve

B [T]

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 Beamline optimization
Taking advantage of the beam time available, the optimization
has been done directly using the data in the Control Room:

Use of different diffusers combinations to match the beta

function and the emittance
Tune of the momentum using dipole D1
Scan of the last quadrupoles: Q4/Q5/Q6 and Q7/Q8/Q9
Transverse position of the beam using dipole D2

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 Optimization
Attempts to match the beam ad-hoc for several cooling channel
settings
3, 6 and 10 mm emittance
140, 200 and 240 MeV/c
The diffuser is necessary to get a matched beam
Example: 6-140

Black ellipse = measured

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Green ellipse = target
Another example: 3-140 w/ Iris 4

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 Conclusions

The simulation produces good starting settings

Tuning is necessary to deliver a better matched beam
Procedure quite fast in case of beam line emergency
MC improvements on their ways in order to have a better
agreement with the data

The large amount of data took in the last run would allow doing
some sampling of the beam

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