A muon source based on plasma accelerators
Accelerator Physics
2018-12-26 v2
Abstract
The conceptual design of a compact source of GeV-class muons is presented, based on a plasma based electron-gamma collider. Evaluations of muon flux, spectra and brilliance are presented, carried out with ad-hoc montecarlo simulations of the electron-gamma collisions. These are analyzed in the context of a large spread of the invariant mass in the e-gamma interaction, due to the typical characteristics of plasma self-injected GeV electron beams, carrying large bunch charges with huge energy spread. The availability of a compact point-like muon source, triggerable at nsec level, may open a completely new scenario in the muon radiography application field.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1711.06022,
title = {A muon source based on plasma accelerators},
author = {L. Serafini and I. Drebot and A. Bacci and F. Broggi and C. Curatolo and A. Marocchino and N. Panzeri and V. Petrillo and A. Rossi and M. Rossetti Conti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.06022},
year = {2018}
}