Characteristics of a high energy μ+μ- collider based on electro-production of muons

We analyze the design of a high energy μ+μ- collider based on electro-production of muons. We derive an expression for the luminosity in terms of analytic formulae for the electron-to-muon conversion efficiency and the electron beam power on the production target. On the basis of studies of self-consistent sets of collider parameters under open-quote open-quote realistic close-quote close-quote (open-quote open-quote optimistic close-quote close-quote) assumptions about available technology with beam cooling, we find the luminosity limited to 10-7 cm-2s-1 (1028 cm-2s-1). We also identify major technological innovations that will be required before μ+μ- colliders can offer sufficient luminosity (1030 cm-2s-1) for high energy physics research. copyright 1995 American Institute of Physics