Muon Collider design status

TL;DR

The paper discusses the current status and design considerations for a Muon Collider, a promising high-energy physics machine, including its potential configuration, components, and development pathway via a Neutrino Factory.

Contribution

It provides an overview of the Muon Collider design status, outlining the proposed configuration and development steps towards a high-energy collider.

Findings

Proposed Muon Collider energy range 1.5-3 TeV

Luminosity target of 1-5 x 10^{34} cm^{-2}s^{-1}

Outline of the Neutrino Factory as a precursor

Abstract

Muon Collider (MC) - proposed by G. I. Budker and A. N. Skrinsky a few decades ago - is now considered as the most exciting option for the energy frontier machine in the post-LHC era. A national Muon Accelerator Program (MAP) is being formed in the USA with the ultimate goal of building a MC at the Fermilab site with c.o.m. energy in the range 1.5-3 TeV and luminosity of ~1-5 \times 10^{34} cm^{-2}s^{-1}1. As the first step on the way to MC it envisages construction of a Neutrino Factory (NF) for high-precision neutrino experiments. The baseline scheme of the NF-MC complex is presented and possible options for its main components are discussed.