Muon polarization in a front-end channel of a neutrino factory

Author

Fukui, Yasuo ; Fernow, Richard ; Gallardo, Juan

Author_Institution

California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

2126

Abstract

As one of the figures of merit, muon polarization and its correlation to the particle arrival time was studied for the high intensity muon beam source of a Neutrino Factory. Muon polarization, 100% polarized in the parent pion rest system, was tracked down the pion capture, phase rotation, and ionization cooling channels, using the BMT equation. A study was done of the dependence of the muon polarization and its correlation on the configuration of induction linac channels in the phase rotation channel. Depolarization effects of the muon polarization through absorbers in the ionization cooling channel was simulated

Keywords

muons; particle beam dynamics; polarisation; storage rings; figures of merit; high intensity muon beam source; induction linac channels; ionization cooling channel; ionization cooling channels; muon polarization; neutrino factory; parent pion rest system; particle arrival time; phase rotation; phase rotation channel; pion capture; Cooling; Electrons; Ionization; Kinetic energy; Linear particle accelerator; Mesons; Neutrino sources; Polarization; Production facilities; Solenoids;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7191-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2001.987298

Filename

987298