Making the $\mu$OST of the Muon Collider

TL;DR

This paper discusses the potential for fixed-target experiments at the Muon Collider to explore hadron structure, proposing a new experimental approach leveraging high-energy muon beams as a next-generation hadronic physics platform.

Contribution

It introduces a novel experimental concept for studying hadron structure using the Muon Collider's high-energy muon beams, expanding the collider's scientific applications.

Findings

Proposes a fixed-target experiment at the Muon Collider for hadron structure studies.

Highlights the Muon Collider's potential as a next-generation hadronic physics facility.

Abstract

The Muon Collider, recently highlighted as Recommendation 1 in the U.S. National Academies report on Elementary Particle Physics, offers a unique opportunity for fixed-target experiments with high energy and luminosity. This paper outlines some of the challenges and possibilities for fixed-target experiments to study the multi-dimensional structure of hadrons at the Muon Collider. We present a sketch of an experiment making use of the high-energy muon beam from the Muon Collider that could serve as the next-generation hadronic physics experiment after the Electron-Ion Collider.