ISSN:
1572-9540
Keywords:
beam cooling
;
slow muon production
;
accelerators
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract The classical methods used in beam cooling are hard to be adapted for a beam of short-lived elementary particles. A novel method, the so-called frictional cooling – that is cooling a beam of low-energy charged particles by moderation in matter and acceleration in an electrostatic field – has been shown to be feasible. In our experiments performed in 1994/1995 a beam of short-lived particles was cooled for the first time ever. Utilizing frictional cooling on a beam of slow negative muons we observed increase in phase space density by about one order of magnitude.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1012624501134
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