Status Report of a High Luminosity Muon Collider and Future Research and Development Plans

Technical Report · Wed May 14 04:00:00 EDT 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1131152· OSTI ID:1131152

Palmer, Robert B. ^[1]; Tollestrup, Alvin ^[2]; Sessler, Andrew ^[3]

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1. Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
2. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
3. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

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 µ⁺µ⁻ 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: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359; AC02-76CH03000; AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 1131152
• Report Number(s): BNL--63865; FERMILAB-TM-2507-E
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English