1. MICE CMPB Alain Blondel 13 November 2006 1 MICE status & news 1. Collaboration life Common fund Highlights of CM16 2. funding requests: status 3. outstanding problem: TOF

2. MICE CMPB Alain Blondel 13 November 2006 2 Collaboration life -- MICE CM 16 at RAL had record attendance (66 registered) -- Changeovers.. VC conference planner (K. Long --> JS Graulich).. Analysis forum convener (Y. Torun --> J. Cobb) -- Plans for upcoming MICE meetings — February 22-25, 2007 at CERN (IDS and FAC meetings just prior) — June ~ 10-15 at RAL — October at RAL — generally plan two meetings per year at RAL, one elsewhere -- Got favorable comments from Marx HEPAP subpanel “We support the MICE project as a critical feasibility demonstration for muon storage rings and colliders.” “...we are concerned that the support for muon cooling is below what is needed to sustain momentum in this program.”

3. MICE CMPB Alain Blondel 13 November 2006 3 -- Mice common fund proposal was approved at the collaboration board.. £3000 per Ph. D holder considered a maximum.. first installement due October 1, 2007.. MICE CB chair/secretary will establish the number of contributors per institute before end 2006 this is likely to represent a contribution of order 150-200k£ per year.. MICE PM to set up account and to establish invoices to institute leaders The ISIS beam delivery is acknowledged to be a welcome contribution of the host laboratory The muon beam line electricity is a major source of the expenses and MICE would like to request that this be covered by the host lab Collaboration life

4. MICE CMPB Alain Blondel 13 November 2006 4 Collaboration life Progress on many fronts is encouraging —spectrometer solenoid fabrication started o vendor design approved; first magnet end of August 2007 o will be delivered to FNAL (mag measurements) o ETA @ RAL november 2007 —201-MHz cavity testing with field to begin (next week) field limited to FC stray field (see lated for CC) —RF power source refurbishment moving forward at Daresbury o 300 kW amplifier tested to 160 kW o fabrication of full station getting under way o CERN RF —R&D hydride bed delivered —Phase II MICE proposal submitted o defense underway —detailed review schedule has been developed o being ~followed! o reviews of tracker, beam line, PID …

5. MICE CMPB Alain Blondel 13 November 2006 5 -- UK: 9.7M£ (OST+ rolling grants + CCLRC contribution) Phase II bid under review -- USA: funding from the NFMCC (DOE baseline scenario 4.125M$) +RF source + NSF grant (IIT) 300k$ + MRI grant (tracker + tracker solenoid) 750k$ (NB tracker part was reduced substantially by D0 electronics deal) + DOE suppl. for MUCOOL coupling coil 300k$ further requests submitted: + NSF MRI for MUCOOL CC (refused in 2006 -- resubmitted) + NSF cooling funding proposal by Pr G. Hanson and coll. pending + NSF tracker proposal by Pr G. Hanson et coll pending (1postdoc + 2 PhD students) + *NEW* PIRE proposal by Cremaldi et al Partnerships for International Research and Education support for postdocs and students in international collaboration Summary of funding situation (I)

6. MICE CMPB Alain Blondel 13 November 2006 6 -- Japan: US-Japan ~$100k/yr, UK-Japan (travel funds) + 1M$ requested --> 2005 bid was rejected! --> this led to interruption of US-Japan fund resubmitted in Nov. 2006 (Kajita as PI) (includes also HK R&D) -- Switzerland: PSI solenoid Uni-Geneva-SNF (DAQ, trigger ~150k€) + 2PhD+1RA (will apply to complemetary funding sources to advance remaining 50k€) Bulgaria collaboration -- CERN: 1 RF station providing 4MW (agreed on 3 Nov 2006: Maurizio Vretenar was charged of execution) -- Netherlands: Mag probes (in production) -- Italy (TOF, Calorimeter) subject to success of test and new application here situation is quite worrysome -- China (MICE coupling coils) under study 1st presentation at CM16, bid submitted Summary of funding situation (II)

7. MICE CMPB Alain Blondel 13 November 2006 7 Japanese Funding Status for MICE Japanese FY2006 Bid for Grant-in-Aid of Ministry of Education 15M Euro/5 years project, lead by Prof. Kenzo Nakamura (KEK) MICE is one of several sub-programs (1M Euro). Others are HK ground investigation, Double beta decays, Nufact accelerator R&D, etc. Unfortunately informed that it was not accepted in May, 2006. Funds of about 15k Euro for trackers (station 5) is available. JSPS UK-Japan travel funds (20k Euro/year) are available (2005-2006). Seek for modest supports on LH2 absorbers from KEK (not known yet) Japanese FY2007 Bid for Grant-in-Aid of Ministry of Education Applied again, November, 2006 Bid for the US-Japan funds. Will apply as Muon-collider R&D (commonality) together with US colleagues (January 2007 ?)

8. MICE CMPB Alain Blondel 13 November 2006 8 INFN contribution to MICE TOF 0, TOF I, EMCal on the beam Sep 15 2007 TOF II on the beam as early as possible Performances preliminarily confirmed in Frascati test beam σ TOF < 60 ps σ EMCal < 7%/√E (GeV) Residuo 2006 K € Richiesta 2007 K € TOF 0 & I CONSUMO INVENTARIO APPARATI 55 89 MILANO 0 94 PAVIA EMCal CONSUMO INVENTARIO APPARATI 98 109 ROMA3 <1 77 TRIESTE pending approval by INFN management of availablerequested NB construction funds only + travel, transports etc

9. MICE CMPB Alain Blondel 13 November 2006 9 PID detectors: There was a successful review of PID detectors Technologically all is ready. TOF0+TOFI are necessary for stage I and II of mice (october 2007) Urgency of Emcal is somewhat relieved by the fact that the first spectrometer solenoid is expected in november 2007 Complete TOF is absolutely needed already at stage III (March 2008) Problem: The available money will not allow completion of TOF0 + TOFI even if part (but not all) of the EMCAL money can be reassigned to TOF electronics. What is needed to complete TOF is ~150 k€. Chances of obtaining this now from INFN are small.

10. MICE CMPB Alain Blondel 13 November 2006 10 Manpower It has been emphasized that ‘mousepower’ is missing in several areas: -- software -- analysis -- testing and designing PID electronics -- DAQ and controls -- project management and infrastructure there are some good points: -- RAL contribution to DAQ/Controls being envisaged -- Sofia’s contributions to PID have made a difference but on the whole there are ‘opportunities for young physicists’ in MICE! ==>Funding and fellowships for students would be most welcome. some mentioned earlier -- e.g. US PIRE international collaboration grants We should also look for other solutions EU bids for Netwoerk of excellence? JRA within FP7 advanced accceleration techniques application --> Paul Kyberd

11. MICE CMPB Alain Blondel 13 November 2006 11 CONCLUSIONS Scientifically and technically MICE is making good progress: The collaboration is focused on getting ready to take data in 2007. Phase II R&D is advancing well The last 12 months have shown significant developments in MICE funding 1. Clear view of MICE Phase I ++ resolution of CKOV2 issue ++ savings to bring forward steps II and III ++ good progress on infrastructure and construction -- INFN support in a delicate situation -- physics exploitation proposals (manpower e.g. NSF’s Hanson or PIRE) -- Japan funding situation altered -- Resubmitted. 2. Phase II funding is the object of intense activity. ++ critical R&D (200 MHz RF) progressing well but absolutely need MUCOOL coupling coil ++ Harbin ICST proposal for MICE coupling coils (perhaps even MUCOOL’s!) ++ Phase II UK proposal under review