Status report of a high luminosity muon collider and future research and development plans
Muon Colliders have unique technical and physics advantages and disadvantages when compared with both hadron and electron machines. They should thus be regarded as complementary. Parameters are given of 4 TeV and 0.5 TeV (c-of-m) high luminosity {mu}{sup +}{mu}{sup -} colliders, and of a 0.5 TeV lower luminosity demonstration machine. We discuss the various systems in such muon colliders, starting from the proton accelerator needed to generate the muons and proceeding through muon cooling, acceleration and storage in a collider ring. Detector background, polarization, and nonstandard operating conditions are analyzed. Finally, we present an R & D plan to determine whether such machines are practical, and, if they are, lead to the construction of a 0.5 TeV demonstration by 2010, and to a 4 TeV collider by the year 2020.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016; AC02-76CH03000; AC03-76SF00098
- OSTI ID:
- 442154
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-63865; CONF-9606243-33; CAP-154; ON: DE97002910; IN: CAP--154-MUON-96C; TRN: 97:005067
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1996 DPF/DPB workshop on new directions for high energy physics, Snowmass, CO (United States), 25 Jun - 12 Jul 1996; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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