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There has been significant discussion in the community regarding a future $\mu^+\mu^-$ collider. While such a facility is still decades away from realization, it is also understood that significant technological development and feasibility demonstrations are necessary at lower beam energies. Here we propose such a possibility coupled with a rich physics program. We propose a future Muon-Ion Collider that would serve as a natural extension to the EIC program currently planned in the 2030’s and 40’s. We envision this collider would be implemented as an upgrade to the EIC, with $\mu$ beam energies between 18 GeV and 200 GeV. In this presentation we discuss the physics reach of such a collider, which could reach $x \approx 10^{-5}$ with a luminosity approaching $10^{34}$ cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$. We argue that the physics reach of such a program is excellent and comparable to the LHeC (some measurements would be beyond the reach of the EIC), and it will facilitate accelerator technology development for the future muon collider.
Funding acknowledgment: This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. PHY 2012114, and the Center for Frontiers in Nuclear Science.
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