A boosted muon collider
Abstract A muon collider could produce the heavier Standard Model particles with a boost, for example in resonant processes such as μ − μ + → h or μ − μ → Z. We propose machine configurations that produce the boost (asymmetric beam energies, tilted beams) and estimate how much the luminosity is redu...
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| author | Daniele Barducci Alessandro Strumia |
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| description | Abstract A muon collider could produce the heavier Standard Model particles with a boost, for example in resonant processes such as μ − μ + → h or μ − μ → Z. We propose machine configurations that produce the boost (asymmetric beam energies, tilted beams) and estimate how much the luminosity is reduced or perhaps enhanced. The feasibility of the proposed configurations, as well as an estimation of the beam-induced backgrounds and beam energy spread, needs to be evaluated in order to derive more solid conclusions on the physics potential of such boosted collider configurations. If achievable, the boost can provide new interesting observational opportunities. For example it can significantly enhance the sensitivity to long-lived new particles decaying in a far-away detector, such as dark higgses or sterile neutrinos produced in h or Z decays. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-66a6062d060e4dd2af363075b36fea6e2023-12-31T12:07:28ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792023-09-012023911410.1007/JHEP09(2023)166A boosted muon colliderDaniele Barducci0Alessandro Strumia1Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di PisaDipartimento di Fisica, Università di PisaAbstract A muon collider could produce the heavier Standard Model particles with a boost, for example in resonant processes such as μ − μ + → h or μ − μ → Z. We propose machine configurations that produce the boost (asymmetric beam energies, tilted beams) and estimate how much the luminosity is reduced or perhaps enhanced. The feasibility of the proposed configurations, as well as an estimation of the beam-induced backgrounds and beam energy spread, needs to be evaluated in order to derive more solid conclusions on the physics potential of such boosted collider configurations. If achievable, the boost can provide new interesting observational opportunities. For example it can significantly enhance the sensitivity to long-lived new particles decaying in a far-away detector, such as dark higgses or sterile neutrinos produced in h or Z decays.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2023)166New Light ParticlesSterile or Heavy Neutrinos |
| spellingShingle | Daniele Barducci Alessandro Strumia A boosted muon collider Journal of High Energy Physics New Light Particles Sterile or Heavy Neutrinos |
| title | A boosted muon collider |
| title_full | A boosted muon collider |
| title_fullStr | A boosted muon collider |
| title_full_unstemmed | A boosted muon collider |
| title_short | A boosted muon collider |
| title_sort | boosted muon collider |
| topic | New Light Particles Sterile or Heavy Neutrinos |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2023)166 |
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