title: High-efficiency volume reflection of an ultrarelativistic proton beam with a bent silicon crystal.
abstract: The volume reflection phenomenon was detected while investigating 400 GeV proton interactions with bent silicon crystals in the external beam H8 of the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron. Such a process was observed for a wide interval of crystal orientations relative to the beam axis, and its efficiency exceeds 95%, thereby surpassing any previously observed value. These observations suggest new perspectives for the manipulation of high-energy beams, e.g., for collimation and extraction in new-generation hadron colliders, such as the CERN Large Hadron Collider.
authors.affiliation: CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland.
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