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The MICE Muon Beam on ISIS and the beam-line instrumentation of the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment

Charged particle beams are used in research, medicine and industry. The emittance of the beam is an important characteristic, which controls its brightness. This paper describes a novel way of determining it. The positions and momenta of individual particles are precisely measured allowing their trajectories to be defined. From this a synthetic beam can be created and its evolution studied. Details of the beam's behaviour not accessible to traditional measurement are opened for study. The design of beam lines for beams too dangerous or expensive to create at full intensity can be validated before resources are committed to realise them.