Acceleration for the mu+ mu- Collider
Accelerator Physics
2008-11-26 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract
We discuss possible acceleration scenarios and methods for a mu+ mu- collider. The accelerator must take the beams from ~100 MeV to 2 TeV within the muon lifetime (2.2 x 10**(-6) E(mu)/m(mu) uS), while compressing bunches of 10**(12) muons from m to cm bunch lengths. Linac, recirculating linac, and very rapid-cycling synchrotron approaches are studied. Multiple recirculating linac approaches are matched to the muon lifetime and appear readily feasible. Rapid-cycling approaches require innovations in magnet designs and layouts, but could be much more affordable.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0109002,
title = {Acceleration for the mu+ mu- Collider},
author = {D. Summers and D. Neuffer and Q. S. Shu and E. Willen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0109002},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
17th IEEE Particle Accelerator Conference (PAC 97), Vancouver, 12-16 May 1997; 3 pages, 1 figure, LaTeX