LHμC: A high energy, high luminosity muon-hadron collider at CERN
Abstract
The latest developments regarding the feasibility of muon-hadron collisions, achieved through the major reuse of LHeC infrastructure, are presented - at the LHμC, a 1 or 2 TeV μ+ beam collides with a 7 TeV proton beam, resulting in the μ+p centre-of-mass energy of 5.3 or 7.5 TeV, respectively, at an average luminosity close to 1034cm−2s−1. First, a concise scientific motivation is given, including exceptional prospects for neutrino science, and is followed by a presentation of the LHμC concept in a nutshell - from the source of ultra-cold anti-muons, through the muon booster, to the main muon ring. Basic considerations regarding the machine-detector interface and the general-purpose detector are also presented. The paper concludes with an outlook underlying unique and powerful synergies between the LHμC, LHeC, FCC and Muon Collider projects.
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BibTeX
@misc{piotrzkowski2026lhμc,
title = {{LH$μ$C: A high energy, high luminosity muon-hadron collider at CERN}},
author = {Krzysztof Piotrzkowski},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.35154},
eprint = {2610.35154},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.35154},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - LHμC: A high energy, high luminosity muon-hadron collider at CERN
AU - Krzysztof Piotrzkowski
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/26
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.35154
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.35154
AB - The latest developments regarding the feasibility of muon-hadron collisions, achieved through the major reuse of LHeC infrastructure, are presented - at the LHμC, a 1 or 2 TeV μ^+ beam collides with a 7 TeV proton beam, resulting in the μ^+p centre-of-mass energy of 5.3 or 7.5 TeV, respectively, at an average luminosity close to 10^34cm^−2s^−1. First, a concise scientific motivation is given, including exceptional prospects for neutrino science, and is followed by a presentation of the LHμC concept in a nutshell - from the source of ultra-cold anti-muons, through the muon booster, to the main muon ring. Basic considerations regarding the machine-detector interface and the general-purpose detector are also presented. The paper concludes with an outlook underlying unique and powerful synergies between the LHμC, LHeC, FCC and Muon Collider projects.
ER -