Accelerator R&D toward Muon Collider and Neutrino Factory

Conference · Thu Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 2009

OSTI ID:968697

Shiltsev, Vladimir

Over the last decade there has been significant progress in developing the concepts and technologies needed to produce, capture, accelerate and collide high intensity beams of muons. At present, a high-luminosity multi-TeV muon collider presents a viable option for the next generation lepton-lepton collider, which is believed to be needed to fully explore high energy physics in the era following LHC discoveries. Such a collider can offer superb energy resolution, smaller size, and potentially cost and power consumption compared to multi-TeV e{sup +}e{sup -} linear colliders. This article briefly reviews the motivation, design and status of accelerator R&D for Muon Collider and Neutrino Factory.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 968697
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-CONF-09-407-APC
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
ACCELERATORS
Accelerators
DESIGN
ENERGY RESOLUTION
HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
LINEAR COLLIDERS
MUONS
NEUTRINOS