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The Muon Collider

Accettura, Carlotta·Adrian, Simon·Agarwal, Rohit·Ahdida, Claudia·Aime', Chiara·Aksoy, Avni·Alberghi, Gian Luigi·Alden, Siobhan·Alfonso, Luca·Ali, Muhammad·Altamura, Anna Rita·Amapane, Nicola·Amm, Kathleen·Amorim, David·Andreetto, Paolo·Anulli, Fabio·Bella, Ludovica Aperio·Appleby, Rob·Apresyan, Artur·Asadi, Pouya·Mahmoud, Mohammed Attia·Auchmann, Bernhard·Back, John·Badea, Anthony·Bae, Kyu Jung·Bahng, E. J.·Balconi, Lorenzo·Balli, Fabrice·Bandiera, Laura·Barbagallo, Carmelo·Barducci, Daniele·Barlow, Roger·Bartoli, Camilla·Bartosik, Nazar·Barzi, Emanuela·Batsch, Fabian·Bauce, Matteo·Begel, Michael·Berg, J. Scott·Bersani, Andrea·Bertarelli, Alessandro·Bertinelli, Francesco·Bertolin, Alessandro·Bhat, Pushpalatha·Bianchi, Clarissa·Bianco, Michele·Bishop, William·Black, Kevin·Boattini, Fulvio·Bogacz, Alex·Bonesini, Maurizio·Bordini, Bernardo·de Sousa, Patricia Borges·Bottaro, Salvatore·Bottura, Luca·Boyd, Steven·Braathen, Johannes·Breschi, Marco·Broggi, Francesco·Brunoldi, Matteo·Buffat, Xavier·Buonincontri, Laura·Buonsante, Marco·Burrows, Philip Nicholas·Burt, Graeme Campbell·Buttazzo, Dario·Caiffi, Barbara·Calatroni, Sergio·Calviani, Marco·Calzaferri, Simone·Calzolari, Daniele·Candelise, Vieri·Cantone, Claudio·Capdevilla, Rodolfo·Carli, Christian·Carrelli, Carlo·Casaburo, Fausto·Casarsa, Massimo·Castelli, Luca·Catanesi, Maria Gabriella·Cavallucci, Lorenzo·Cavoto, Gianluca·Celiberto, Francesco Giovanni·Celona, Luigi·Cemmi, Alessia·Ceravolo, Sergio·Cerri, Alessandro·Cerutti, Francesco·Cesarini, Gianmario·Cesarotti, Cari·Chancé, Antoine·Charitonidis, Nikolaos·chiesa, mauro·Chiggiato, Paolo·Ciccarella, Vittoria Ludovica·Puviani, Pietro Cioli·Colaleo, Anna·Colao, Francesco·Collamati, Francesco·Costa, Marco

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Abstract

Muons offer a unique opportunity to build a compact high-energy electroweak collider at the 10 TeV scale. A Muon Collider enables direct access to the underlying simplicity of the Standard Model and unparalleled reach beyond it. It will be a paradigm-shifting tool for particle physics representing the first collider to combine the high-energy reach of a proton collider and the high precision of an electron-positron collider, yielding a physics potential significantly greater than the sum of its individual parts. A high-energy muon collider is the natural next step in the exploration of fundamental physics after the HL-LHC and a natural complement to a future low-energy Higgs factory. Such a facility would significantly broaden the scope of particle colliders, engaging the many frontiers of the high energy community. The last European Strategy for Particle Physics Update and later the Particle Physics Project Prioritisation Panel in the US requested a study of the muon collider, which is being carried on by the International Muon Collider Collaboration. In this comprehensive document we present the physics case, the state of the work on accelerator design and technology, and propose an R\&D project that can make the muon collider a reality.

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Accettura, Carlotta, Adrian, Simon, Agarwal, Rohit, Ahdida, Claudia, Aime', Chiara, Aksoy, Avni, Alberghi, Gian Luigi, Alden, Siobhan, Alfonso, Luca, Ali, Muhammad, Altamura, Anna Rita, Amapane, Nicola, Amm, Kathleen, Amorim, David, Andreetto, Paolo, Anulli, Fabio, Bella, Ludovica Aperio, Appleby, Rob, Apresyan, Artur, Asadi, Pouya, Mahmoud, Mohammed Attia, Auchmann, Bernhard, Back, John, Badea, Anthony, Bae, Kyu Jung, Bahng, E. J., Balconi, Lorenzo, Balli, Fabrice, Bandiera, Laura, Barbagallo, Carmelo, Barducci, Daniele, Barlow, Roger, Bartoli, Camilla, Bartosik, Nazar, Barzi, Emanuela, Batsch, Fabian, Bauce, Matteo, Begel, Michael, Berg, J. Scott, Bersani, Andrea, Bertarelli, Alessandro, Bertinelli, Francesco, Bertolin, Alessandro, Bhat, Pushpalatha, Bianchi, Clarissa, Bianco, Michele, Bishop, William, Black, Kevin, Boattini, Fulvio, Bogacz, Alex, Bonesini, Maurizio, Bordini, Bernardo, de Sousa, Patricia Borges, Bottaro, Salvatore, Bottura, Luca, Boyd, Steven, Braathen, Johannes, Breschi, Marco, Broggi, Francesco, Brunoldi, Matteo, Buffat, Xavier, Buonincontri, Laura, Buonsante, Marco, Burrows, Philip Nicholas, Burt, Graeme Campbell, Buttazzo, Dario, Caiffi, Barbara, Calatroni, Sergio, Calviani, Marco, Calzaferri, Simone, Calzolari, Daniele, Candelise, Vieri, Cantone, Claudio, Capdevilla, Rodolfo, Carli, Christian, Carrelli, Carlo, Casaburo, Fausto, Casarsa, Massimo, Castelli, Luca, Catanesi, Maria Gabriella, Cavallucci, Lorenzo, Cavoto, Gianluca, Celiberto, Francesco Giovanni, Celona, Luigi, Cemmi, Alessia, Ceravolo, Sergio, Cerri, Alessandro, Cerutti, Francesco, Cesarini, Gianmario, Cesarotti, Cari, Chancé, Antoine, Charitonidis, Nikolaos, chiesa, mauro, Chiggiato, Paolo, Ciccarella, Vittoria Ludovica, Puviani, Pietro Cioli, Colaleo, Anna, Colao, Francesco, Collamati, Francesco, Costa, Marco. 2025-04-30. The Muon Collider. https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2504.21417

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