The Physics Potential of a future Muon Collider

by Carissa Joyce Cesarotti

Monday Oct 20, 2025, 1:00 PM → 2:30 PM Europe/Zurich

4/3-006 - TH Conference Room (CERN)

As the LHC is nearing the end of its expected runtime, the era of a future collider is soon upon us. Although the leading contenders of the next colliders are upgrades of previous machines, namely electron-positron or hadron colliders, a possible new technology could be developed to achieve the physics of these two machines in one: a muon collider. In this talk we will discuss the general physics program that becomes available to the community during the construction and completion of the future collider. We will review not only the main challenges and advantages of such a collider compared to other possibilities, but also the projected reach of several specific models. Additionally, we consider the physics possibilities at the necessary demonstrator facilities along the way.  Ultimately, a muon collider is the leading technological possibly towards accessing the energy and precision frontier.

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