Day 3 Beam Experience and Systematic Errors

– AM –

3.1 Simulation Tools for the Muon Campus Studies (Diktys) (150’)

3.1.1 — Computer Lab: beamline exercises

See Section Computer Sessions for more information.

– PM –

3.2 Beam Delivery Commissioning (Diktys) (50’)

slides

timing paper

  • Targeting and pion collection
  • Delivery Ring commissioning
  • Emittance and CS-parameter measurements
  • Beam line optics measurements
  • Final focus tuning
  • Detection of positrons and deuterons

3.3 Beam and Ring Measurements (Mike) (50’)

slides

  • Beam signals
  • Tune measurements
  • Momentum distribution
  • Gas scattering verification
  • Resonances and losses
  • The “wiggle plot”

3.4 Examples of Systematic Errors (Dave) (50’)

slides — slides — slides

Note by F. Farley

  • Measuring momentum distribution
    • Fast rotation analysis, Orlov and CERN methods
  • E-field correction
  • Pitch correction
    • Measuring distribution of pitch angles
  • Differential decay
  • Measurement of lost muons and spin time correlation
  • Determining the average revolution frequency
  • Spin-momentum correlations (introduced by kickers)
  • Spin-amplitude correlations (Quad nonlinearity)