A practical high-energy high-luminosity {mu}{sup +} {minus} {mu}{sup {minus}} collider

Conference · Wed Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1994

OSTI ID:34227

Palmer, R B; Gallardo, J ^[1]; Neuffer, D V ^[2]; Gallardo, J ^[3]

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1. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (United States)
2. CEBAF, Newport News, VA (United States)
3. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)

We present a candidate design for a high-energy high-luminosity {mu}{sup +}{minus}{mu} collider, with E{sub cm} = 4 TeV, L = 3 {times} 10{sup 4}cm{sup {minus}2}s{sup {minus}1}, using only existing technology. The design uses a rapid-cycling medium-energy proton synchrotron, which produces proton beam pulses which are focused onto two {pi}-producing targets, with two {pi}-decay transport lines producing {mu}{sup +{prime}}s. The {mu}`s are collected, rf-rotated, cooled and compressed into a recirculating linac for acceleration, and then transferred into a storage ring collider. The keys to high luminosity are maximal {mu} collection and cooling; innovations with these goals are presented, and future plans for collider development are discussed. This example demonstrates a novel high-energy collider type, which will permit exploration of elementary particle physics at energy frontiers beyond the reach of currently existing and proposed electron and hadron colliders.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 34227
• Report Number(s): BNL--61266; CONF-940681--13; CAP--110-MUON-94C; ON: DE95006769
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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