Promising Technologies and R&D Directions for the Future Muon Collider Detectors
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/ Authors
Sergo Jindariani, Federico Meloni, Nadia Pastrone, Chiara Aimè, Nazar Bartosik, Emanuela Barzi, Alessandro Bertolin, Alessandro Braghieri, Laura Buonincontri, Simone Calzaferri
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Massimo Casarsa, Maria Gabriella Catanesi, Alessandro Cerri, Grigorios Chachamis, Anna Colaleo, Camilla Curatolo, Giacomo Da Molin, Jean-Pierre Delahaye, Biagio Di Micco, Tommaso Dorigo, Filippo Errico, Davide Fiorina, Alessio Gianelle, Carlo Giraldin, John Hauptman, Tova Ray Holmes, Karol Krizka, Lawrence Lee, Kenneth Long, Donatella Lucchesi, Nikolai Mokhov, Alessandro Montella
/ Abstract
Among the post-LHC generation of particle accelerators, the muon collider represents a unique machine with capability to provide very high energy leptonic collisions and to open the path to a vast and mostly unexplored physics programme. However, on the experimental side, such great physics potential is accompanied by unprecedented technological challenges, due to the fact that muons are unstable particles. Their decay products interact with the machine elements and produce an intense flux of background particles that eventually reach the detector and may degrade its performance. In this paper, we present technologies that have a potential to match the challenging specifications of a muon collider detector and outline a path forward for the future R&D efforts.