Speakers
Dr
Alan Young
(Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow)Prof.
Vittorio Palladino
(Univerity & INFN Napoli, Italy)
Description
Multiple Coulomb scattering and energy loss are well known phenomena experienced by charged particles as
they traverse a material. However, from recent measurements by the MuScat collaboration, available simulation codes (GEANT4, for example) are known to overestimate the scattering of muons in low Z materials.
This is of particular interest to the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) collaboration which has the
goal of measuring the reduction of the emittance of a muon beam induced by energy loss in low Z absorbers.
MICE took data without magnetic field suitable for multiple scattering measurements in
the fall of 2015 with the absorber vessel filled with xenon and in the spring of 2016 using a lithium hydride
absorber. In the fall of 2016 MICE took data with magnetic fields on and measured the energy loss of muons in
a lithium hydride absorber. These data are all compared with the Bethe-Bloch formula and with the predictions
of various models, including the default GEANT4 model.
| Authorship annotation | The author is the chair of the speakers bureau of the MICE Collaboration and will identify a member of the collaboration to present the contribution, if accepted |
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| Session and Location | Wednesday Session, Poster Wall #61 (Auditorium Gallery Right) |
| Poster included in proceedings: | yes |
Primary authors
Dr
Alan Young
(Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow)
Prof.
Vittorio Palladino
(Univerity & INFN Napoli, Italy)
