THE NORMAL CONDUCTING RF CAVITY FOR THE MICE EXPERIMENT *

The international muon ionization cooling experiment (MICE) requires low frequency, normal conducting RF cavities to compensate for the muon beam longitudinal energy loss in the MICE cooling channel. Eight 201MHz normal conducting RF cavities with conventional beam irises terminated by large, thin beryllium windows are needed. The cavity design is based on a successful prototype cavity for the US MuCool program. The MICE RF cavity will be operated at 8 MV/m in a few tesla magnetic field with 1-ms pulse length and 1-Hz repetition rate. The cavity design, fabrication, post processing plans and integration into the MICE cooling channel will be discussed and presented in detail.