Progress in Muon Cooling Research and Development
arXiv:physics/0211017 · doi:10.1088/0954-3899/29/8/316
Abstract
The MuCool R&D program is described. The aim of MuCool is to develop all key pieces of hardware required for ionization cooling of a muon beam. This effort will lead to a more detailed understanding of the construction and operating costs of such hardware, as well as to optimized designs that can be used to build a Neutrino Factory or Muon Collider. This work is being undertaken by a broad collaboration including physicists and engineers from many national laboratories and universities in the U.S. and abroad. The intended schedule of work will lead to ionization cooling being well enough established that a construction decision for a Neutrino Factory could be taken before the end of this decade based on a solid technical foundation.
11 pages, 3 figures, to appear in Proc. 4th Workshop on Neutrino Factories based on Muon Storage Rings (NuFact'02), Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, 1-6 July 2002. Revised to make minor textual improvements
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