{"paper":{"title":"Pion contamination in the MICE muon beam","license":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["hep-ex"],"primary_cat":"physics.ins-det","authors_text":"A. Alekou, A. Blondel, A.D. Bross, A. De Bari, A. DeMello, A. Dick, A. Dobbs, A. Gallagher, A. Grant, A. Iaciofano, A. Lintern, A. Moretti, A. Moss, A. Muir, A. Nichols, A. Oates, A. Wilson, A. Young, B. Martlew, C. Charnley, C.D. Tunnell, C.G. Whyte, C. Heidt, C. Hunt, C. MacWaters, C.N. Booth, C. Pidcott, C. Rogers, C. White, D. Adams, D.A. Sanders, D. Bowring, D. Cline, D.J. Summers, D. Li, D.M. Kaplan, D. Neuffer, D. Orestano, D. Rajaram, D. Speirs, E. Overton, E. Santos, F. Chignoli, F. Drielsma, F. Filthaut, F.J.P. Soler, F. Pastore, G. Barber, G. Cecchet, G. Colling, G.G. Hanson, G. Kafka, G. Stokes, G. Vankova-Kirilova, H. Sakamato, I. Mullacrane, I. Taylor, J-B Lagrange, J.C. Nugent, J.H. Cobb, J.J. Nebrensky, J. Langlands, J. Martyniak, J. Pasternak, J.R. Greis, J. Tarrant, K. Long, K. Ronald, L. Coney, L. Fry, L.M. Cremaldi, L. Tortora, M. Apollonio, M.A. Rayner, M.A. Uchida, M. Bogomilov, M. Bonesini, M. Capponi, M. Courthold, M. Drews, M. Hills, M. Leonova, M. Littlefield, M. Popovic, M. Robinson, M. Vretenar, M. Winter, M. Zisman, N. Collomb, O.M. Hansen, P. Barclay, P. Cooke, P. Dornan, P. Franchini, P. Hanlet, P. Hodgson, P.J. Smith, P. Kyberd, P. Owens, P. Rubinov, P. Rucinski, P. Snopok, P. Warburton, R. Asfandiyarov, R. Bayes, R. Bertoni, R. Gamet, R. Gardener, R. Mazza, R. Nicholson, R. Preece, R. Tsenov, S. Blot, S. Boyd, S. Gourlay, S. Griffiths, S. Ishimoto, S. Middleton, S. Prestemon, S. Ramberger, S. Ricciardi, S. Virostek, S. Watson, T. Carlisle, T. Fitzpatrick, T. Hartnett, T. Hayler, T.J. Roberts, T.L. Hart, T. Luo, T. Savidge, T. Stanley, T.W. Bradshaw, U. Bravar, V. Bayliss, V. Francis, V.J. Blackmore, V. Palladino, W. Lau, X. Yang, Y. Karadzhov, Y.K. Kim, Y. Kuno, Y. Onel, Y. Torun","submitted_at":"2015-11-02T15:42:19Z","abstract_excerpt":"The international Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) will perform a systematic investigation of ionization cooling with muon beams of momentum between 140 and 240\\,MeV/c at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory ISIS facility. The measurement of ionization cooling in MICE relies on the selection of a pure sample of muons that traverse the experiment. To make this selection, the MICE Muon Beam is designed to deliver a beam of muons with less than $\\sim$1\\% contamination. To make the final muon selection, MICE employs a particle-identification (PID) system upstream and downstream of the cooli"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1511.00556","kind":"arxiv","version":3},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}