A Small Target Neutrino Deep-Inelastic Scattering Experiment at the First Muon Collider

TL;DR

This paper explores a neutrino deep-inelastic scattering experiment at a muon collider, highlighting its potential to surpass current experiments through high-intensity beams and flexible target selection, enabling advanced quark and structure function studies.

Contribution

It introduces a novel experimental setup at a muon collider for neutrino scattering, expanding the physics reach beyond existing experiments.

Findings

Enhanced sensitivity to quark spin measurements

Ability to study A-dependence of structure functions

Potential to measure neutral current chiral couplings

Abstract

Several different scenarios for neutrino scattering experiments using a neutrino beam from the muon collider complex are discussed. The physics reach of a neutrino experiment at the front end of a muon collider is shown to extend far beyond that of current neutrino experiments, since the high intensity neutrino beams one would see at the muon collider allow for a large flexibility in choosing neutrino targets. Measurements of quark spin, A-dependence of the structure function $xF_3$ and neutral current chiral couplings to quarks are outlined.