Mark Rayner – Analysis SessionCM25, 4 November Beam characterization by the TOFs Mark Rayner The University of Oxford MICE CM25
Mark Rayner – Analysis SessionCM25, 4 November Compressed schematic view of the upstream beam line TRP Q7Q8Q9Diffuser x, y, z p x, p y, p z I7I7 I8I8 I9I9 IDID D2 RFAbsorber t 1 x 1, y 1 t 0 x 0, y 0 t ? t ? ? Stages II - VI x, y , , ,
Mark Rayner – Analysis SessionCM25, 4 November Beam characterization using the TOFs PID at the diffuser emittance phase ellipse orientation beam size at TOF1 emittance phase ellipse orientation longitudinal momentum path length trans mom z g0g0
Mark Rayner – Analysis SessionCM25, 4 November Momentum measurement by the TOFs Muon energy approximately constant between TOFs p/E = s/t s = path length between TOF0 and TOF1 (~8m) t = time of flight (~29ns at 250 MeV/c) Predicted resolution 4.7 MeV/c at 250 MeV/c Bias on the measurement Time of flight mis-calibration by 10 ps: 0.57 MeV/c bias Path length over/underestimation by 10 mm: 2.1 MeV/c bias
Mark Rayner – Analysis SessionCM25, 4 November Digression: positron TOF0 – TOF1 calibration Positrons all travel at c Used to calibrate TOF0 relative to TOF1: t= z/c However their path exceeds the longitudinal displacement and cannot be individually determined Need a careful Monte Carlo Input positron calibration beam from G4BL simulation – not yet simulated Instead get a rough idea – uniformly populate phase space For a paraxial beam in a quadrupole channel, contributions to (s-L) from x and y may be separated… x y pxpx pypy
Mark Rayner – Analysis SessionCM25, 4 November Path length – L as a function of transverse phase space x (mm) y (mm) s - L (mm) p y (MeV/c) p x (MeV/c) y = p y = 0 x = p x = 0
Mark Rayner – Analysis SessionCM25, 4 November Conclusion to the digression Positron path lengths can exceed L by 70mm (230ps bias on time of flight) Any more and they are scraped However the majority of transmitted phase space has (s-L) ~ O(10mm) [30ps bias] A Monte Carlo simulation is required Which part of phase space is occupied by the positron beam?
Mark Rayner – Analysis SessionCM25, 4 November Beam characterization using the TOFs PID at the diffuser emittance phase ellipse orientation beam size at TOF1 emittance phase ellipse orientation longitudinal momentum path length trans mom z g0g0
Mark Rayner – Analysis SessionCM25, 4 November Monte Carlo simulation Marco’s =6mm p absorber =200 MeV/c centre of the e-p matrix beam Mean Pz = 270 MeV/c at TOF0 (see left histogram) P/E=s/t where s=true path length Measures true p before TOF1 with RMS error 0.65 MeV/c See right histogram Width and bias due to dE/dx in the air between TOF0 and TOF1
Mark Rayner – Analysis SessionCM25, 4 November Should we simply approximate s= z? P/E= z/t RMS error 3.38 MeV/c Bias MeV/c Due to the width of the =s- z distribution
Mark Rayner – Analysis SessionCM25, 4 November Monte Carlo: Full demonstration of P reconstruction Iterative calculation of increasingly good s= z+ and P Begin with P from P/E= z/t 1 Calculate a linear transfer map at P from TOF0 to TOF1 (top hat quadrupoles) 2 Deduce x 0 ’ and y 0 ’ from x 1 and y 1 3 Integrate ds while tracking the initial trace space vector through the beam line 4 Make a better estimate of P from P/E=s/t 5 Make a small Bethe-Bloch correction for the energy loss in air between the TOFs
Mark Rayner – Analysis SessionCM25, 4 November Result of the full Monte Carlo
Mark Rayner – Analysis SessionCM25, 4 November Momentum measurement conclusion This method eliminates path length bias It is implemented as a G4MICE application It should replace the current p/E= z/t automatic momentum reconstruction Emittance measurement is a natural by-product at minimal extra cost An online monitoring GUI can be produced to plot p and in real time It initially requires Quadrupole currents I 7, I 8 and I 9 Quadrupole and TOF positions z 0, z 7, z 8, z 9, z 1 Eventually easily obtained from from the database For individual muon P measurements it requires t, x 0, y 0, x 1, y 1, PID This method will not work with positrons Therefore TOF calibration must use simulation of positron beam
Mark Rayner – Analysis SessionCM25, 4 November TOF0 x mm: x’ radians Truth Reconstruction All Monte Carlos from a realistic G4BeamLine 6mm emittance 200 MeV/c centre of absorber momentum beam simulated in G4MICE Note that this method has also reconstructed x0’ and y0’ We can just as easily deduce (x1’, y1’) from (x0, y0)
Mark Rayner – Analysis SessionCM25, 4 November TOF1 x mm: x’ radians Truth Reconstruction
Mark Rayner – Analysis SessionCM25, 4 November TOF0 y mm: y’ radians Truth Reconstruction
Mark Rayner – Analysis SessionCM25, 4 November TOF1 y mm: y’ radians Truth Reconstruction
Mark Rayner – Analysis SessionCM25, 4 November Work in progress Software Currently debugging momentum bias correction/emittance measurement with the new data and new calibration Online reconstruction featuring these innovations Add TOF0-TOF1 calibration to overall TOF calibration procedure Physics Extrapolation of beam size at diffuser – easy! O T O Where O is just a drift transfer matrix Simulation Require positron simulation with TOF calibration optics Shifts Measure emittance at the elements of the emittance-momentum matrix Beam size at the diffuser Compare measured Twiss parameters with the design optics