MRI-R2: Development of RF System Control and Power Distribution for the International Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE)

MRI-R2：国际μ子电离冷却实验（MICE）射频系统控制和功率分配的开发

• 批准号: 0959000
• 负责人: Donald Summers
• 金额: $ 163.19万
• 依托单位: University of Mississippi
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-06-01 至 2013-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0959000&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; R2; Development; RF; System

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). The award supports the development of the solenoidal particle-tracking spectrometer needed for the first phase of the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE). There is increasing interest in using particle accelerators to form very intense beams of high-energy muons. Discovered in 1937, the muon (a more massive 'cousin' of the electron) is a subatomic particle whose simple and well-understood interactions with matter make it a useful probe for a range of purposes. However, due to its short average lifetime (2.2 microseconds), it has not been possible to accelerate muons. The key step in demonstrating the feasibility of muon accelerators is the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE). This award provides for the development of RF hardware and controls which are necessary to the demonstration of ionization cooling of muon beams. In addition, the award facilitates graduate student training, and K-12 teachers and students will be involved through QuarkNET.

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。该奖项支持开发μ子电离冷却实验（MICE）第一阶段所需的螺线管粒子跟踪光谱仪。 人们对使用粒子加速器来形成非常强的高能μ子束的兴趣越来越大。1937年发现的μ子（电子的更大质量的“表亲”）是一种亚原子粒子，其与物质的简单和良好的相互作用使其成为一系列用途的有用探针。然而，由于它的平均寿命很短（2.2微秒），它不可能加速μ子。证明μ子加速器可行性的关键步骤是μ子电离冷却实验（MICE）。 该奖项提供了射频硬件和控制，这是必要的μ子束的电离冷却演示的发展。 此外，该奖项促进了研究生培训，K-12教师和学生将通过QuarkNET参与。