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SUMMARY:HEP seminar: Chris Rogers (RAL) – Towards a Muon collider
DESCRIPTION:Muon colliders have been proposed as a next generation collider
  with exquisite physics reach and possibility for construction by the 2040
 s. Electron-positron colliders are limited due to challenges associated wi
 th accelerating low mass particles to high energy. Hadron colliders’ per
 formance is compromised because hadrons are composite particles. To cope w
 ith this\, many next-generation colliders require order-of-magnitude large
 r linacs or rings compared to the current generation and these are challen
 ging to implement. Muon colliders do not suffer from the challenges surrou
 nding acceleration of low mass particles and muons are not composite so th
 ere is no fundamental constraint limiting physics reach. However\, the cha
 llenges surrounding accelerating muons on a timescale compatible with the 
 muon lifetime require novel techniques that need R&D.\nIn this seminar\, I
  will briefly review the physics opportunities before discussing the chall
 enges associated with construction of a muon collider and outlining the R&
 D that is being undertaken by the International Muon Collider Collaboratio
 n to deliver the collider. I will also discuss the application of these ne
 w beam techniques to other muon-based facilities such as muon-to-electron 
 conversion experiments and neutrino production. I will finish by discussin
 g the prospects for the Muon Collider as a next-generation facility capabl
 e of operation at the energy frontier.
URL:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/171046/hep-seminar-chris-rogers-ral-m
 uon-collider/
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LOCATION:539\, Blackett Building\, South Kensington Campus\, Imperial Colle
 ge London\, London\, SW7 2AZ\, United Kingdom
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