From Neutrino Factory to Muon Collider

TL;DR

This paper compares neutrino factories and muon colliders, highlighting their similarities and differences, and discusses how a neutrino factory could serve as a stepping stone toward developing a muon collider.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of the technical differences and potential development pathway from neutrino factories to muon colliders.

Findings

Neutrino factories and muon colliders share common features.

Significant differences in cooling, bunching, and acceleration requirements.

A neutrino factory can be a crucial step towards a muon collider.

Abstract

After summarizing the important commonalities between neutrino factories and muon colliders, the key differences are discussed. These include a much larger needed cooling factor (~10^6 in six-dimensional emittance), a smaller number of muon bunches (perhaps only one of each charge), and acceleration to much higher energy, implying significantly different technical choices for some of the cooling and acceleration subsystems. The final storage rings are also quite different. Nevertheless, a neutrino factory could serve as a key stepping stone on the path to a muon collider.