The use of timing detectors for beam characterization at the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment

The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment is designed to demonstrate the operation of a module of a cooling channel by observing individual particles of a beam with the properties found in a Neutrino Factory. It incorporates timing detectors with a resolution of 50 picoseconds whose primary purpose is particle identification. Their other uses in beam characterization, specifically the measurement of momentum, transverse and longitudinal beam emittance, and the phase of the muons in the RF cavities are described.