Physics potential of a muon-proton collider

TL;DR

A proposed muon-proton collider with multi-TeV energies offers significant advancements in probing new physics, Higgs properties, and precision measurements, surpassing current collider capabilities.

Contribution

Introduces a novel muon-proton collider concept demonstrating its potential to explore beyond Standard Model physics with superior sensitivity.

Findings

Enhanced Higgs property measurements

Probing R-parity-violating Supersymmetry

Testing heavy new physics in muon g-2 anomaly

Abstract

We propose a muon-proton collider with asymmetrical multi-TeV beam energies and integrated luminosities of $0.1-1$ ab$^{-1}$. With its large center-of-mass energies and yet small Standard Model background, such a machine can not only improve electroweak precision measurements but also probe new physics beyond the Standard Model to an unprecedented level. We study its potential in measuring the Higgs properties, probing the R-parity-violating Supersymmetry, as well as testing heavy new physics in the muon $g-2$ anomaly. We find that for these physics cases the muon-proton collider can perform better than both the ongoing and future high-energy collider experiments.