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Prospective Study of Muon Storage Rings at Cern XC99FD1O1 CERN 99-02 ECFA 99-197 30Aprill999 LABORATOIRE EUROPEEN POUR LA PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES CERN EUROPEAN LABORATORY FOR PARTICLE PHYSICS PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF MUON STORAGE RINGS AT CERN Edited by: Bruno Autin, Alain Blondel and John Ellis 30-47 GENEVA 1999 Copyright CERN, Genève, 1999 Propriété littéraire et scientifique réservée Literary and scientific copyrights reserved in pour tous les pays du monde. Ce document ne all countries of the world. This report, or peut être reproduit ou traduit en tout ou en any part of it, may not be reprinted or trans- partie sans l'autorisation écrite du Directeur lated without written permission of the copy- général du CERN, titulaire du droit d'auteur. right holder, the Director-General of CERN. 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A high-energy muon colHde. using the decays of no arized KEXT PAGE(S) left BLANK Contributors to this report: B. Autin", A. Bartl2), M. Beneke", R. Bennett3', A. Blondel4), A. Bueno5), R. Casalbuoni6)7), M. Campanelli5), J. Collot8), A. Deandrea9', S. De Curtis7), M. de Jong10), A. De Riijula", D. Dominici6)7), F. Dydak", H. Eberln), J. Ellis", H. Fraas12), F. Franke12), M.B. Gavela13', R. Gatto14), G.F. Giudice0, J.-J. Gomez-Cadenas15), G.J. Gounaris16), J.F. Gunion17), P. Hernandez1', P. Janot", W. Joss18), CD. Johnson0, W. Joss18), E. Keil", M. Kramer1', S. Kraml1", S. Lola", L. Ludovici19', W. Majerotto1", W.J. Murray3', G. Moortgat-Pick12', F. von der Pahlen12', V. Palladino20', J. Panman", K. Peach3', D. Perret-Gallix2", A. Pilaftsis", W. Porod2', R. Rattazzi", S. Raychaudhuri1)22), H. Ravn", F.M. Renard23', L. Rolandi", A. Rubbia5', M. Silari1', A. Strumia24', M. Vretenar", C. E. M. Wagner", J. Wells" andE.J.N. Wilson", " CERN, Geneva, Switzerland 2) Inst. f. Theoretische Physik, Universitat Wien, Vienna, Austria 3) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, United Kingdom 4) Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France 5) ETH, Zurich, Switzerland 6> Universita di Firenze, Dipartimento di Fisica, Italy 7> INFN, Firenze, Italy 8) ISN, Grenoble, France 9) Institut fiir Theoretische Physik, Universitat Heidelberg, Germany 10) NIKHEF, Amsterdam, The Netherlands '" Inst. f. Hochenergiephysik, Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, Austria 12) Institut fur Theoretische Physik, Universitat Wurzburg, Germany 13) Univ. Autonoma Madrid, Spain 14) University of Geneva, Switzerland 15> Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad de Valencia, Spain 16) University of Thessaloniki, Greece 17> University of California, Davis, USA 18> GHMFL/LCMI, Grenoble, France 19) Universita di Roma I "La Sapienza", Italy 20) Universita di Napoli, Italy 21) LAPP, Annecy, France 22) Tata Institute, Bombay, India 23) Physique Mathematique et Theorique, Universite de Montpellier II, France 24)INFN, Pisa, Italy NEXT PAGE(S) left BLANK Working groups members: NEUTRINO FACTORY STUDY GROUP: Bruno Autin (Convener), CERN, [email protected] Andreas Badertscher, ETHZ, [email protected] Jean-Luc Baldy, CERN, [email protected] Roger Bennett, RAL, [email protected] Alain Blondel, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, [email protected] Antonio Bueno, ETHZ, [email protected] Mario Campanelli, ETHZ, [email protected] Johann Collot, ISN, Grenoble, [email protected] Manfred Daum, ETHZ, [email protected] Yves Declais, IN2P3, Lyon, [email protected] Jean-Marie de Conto, ISN, Grenoble, [email protected] Maarten de Jong, NIKHEF, [email protected] Jean-Pierre Delahaye, CERN, [email protected] Chris Densham, RAL, [email protected] Alvaro De Rujula, CERN, [email protected] Luigi Di Leila, CERN, [email protected] Friedrich Dydak, CERN, [email protected] Curt Eckstroem, Uppsala, [email protected] Robert Edgecock, CERN, [email protected] Jean-Paul Fabre, CERN, [email protected] Alfredo Ferrari, CERN, [email protected] Jean-Marc Gaillard, CERN, [email protected] Jacques Gareyte, CERN, [email protected] Roland Garoby, CERN, [email protected] Belen Gavela, University of Madrid, [email protected] Juan-Jose Gomez-Cadenas, CERN/Valencia, [email protected] Helmut Haseroth, CERN, [email protected] Claude Hauviller, CERN , [email protected] Pilar Hernandez, CERN, [email protected] Ingo Hofmann, GSI, Darmstadt, [email protected] Jean-Yves Hostachy, ISN, Grenoble, [email protected] Colin Johnson, CERN, Colin. [email protected] Walter Joss, LCMI, Grenoble, [email protected] Robert Klanner, Universitaet Hamburg, [email protected] Kay Konigsmann, Freiburg, [email protected] Andreas Krassnigg, CERN, [email protected] Jacques Lettry, CERN, [email protected] Lucio Ludovici, INFN, [email protected] Michelangelo Mangano, CERN, [email protected] Vassili Maroussov, BINP/CERN, [email protected] Pasquale Migliozzi, CERN, [email protected] Vittorio Palladino, CERN, [email protected] Jaap Panman, CERN, [email protected] Ken Peach, RAL, [email protected] Henri Pessard, LAPP, Annecy, [email protected] vn Werner Pirkl, CERN, [email protected] Helge Ravn, CERN, [email protected] Jean-Paul Repellin, LAL-ORSAY, [email protected] Jean-Pierre Revol, CERN, [email protected] Philippe Royer, CERN, [email protected] Andre Rubbia, ETHZ/CERN, [email protected] Roger Ruber, Uppsala, [email protected] Marco Silari, CERN, [email protected] Sasha Skrinsky, BINP, [email protected] Ulrich Stiegler, CERN, [email protected] Paolo Strolin, Naples/CERN, [email protected] Iuliu Stumer, BNL, [email protected] Bart Van De Vyver, CERN, [email protected] Andre Verdier, CERN, [email protected] Maurizio Vretenar, CERN, [email protected] Ted Wilson, CERN, [email protected] Klaus Winter, ETHZ/CERN, [email protected] Piero Zucchelli, INFN/CERN, [email protected] vin PRECISION MUON COLLIDERS STUDY GROUP: Ken Bell, RAL, [email protected] Alfred Bartl, Vienna, [email protected] Alain Blondel (convener), Ecole Polytechnique, [email protected] Roberto Casalbuoni, Firenze, [email protected] Guy Coignet, Annecy, [email protected] Aldo Deandrea, Heidelberg, [email protected] Stefania De Curtis, Firenze, [email protected] Daniele Dominici, Firenze, [email protected] Helmut Eberl, Vienna, [email protected] Patrick Janot, CERN, [email protected] Raoul Gatto, Geneva, [email protected] John Gunion, UC Davis, [email protected] George Gounaris, Thessaloniki, [email protected] Corinne Goy, LAPP, Annecy, [email protected] Franco Grancagnolo, Lecce, [email protected] Massimiliano Grazzini, Firenze, [email protected] Sabine Kraml, Vienna, [email protected] Eric Lanc,on, CEA Saclay, [email protected] Walter Majerotto, Vienna, [email protected] William Murray, RAL, [email protected] Denis Perret-Gallix, LAPP, Annecy, [email protected] Pascal Perrodo, LAPP, Annecy, [email protected] Massimo Placidi, CERN, [email protected] Werner Porod, Vienna, [email protected] Fernand Renard, Montpellier, [email protected] Iuliu Stumer, BNL, [email protected] David Taqqu, PSI, [email protected] Bart Van De Vyver, CERN, [email protected] NEXT PAGE(S) left BLAMK 1 IX •""«"^""""" • •• » ••'• HIGH ENERGY FRONTIER STUDY GROUP: Guido Altarelli, CERN, [email protected] Bruno Autin, CERN, [email protected] Alfred Bartl, Vienna, [email protected] Martin Beneke, CERN, [email protected] Roberto Casalbuoni, Firenze, [email protected] Francesco Caravaglios, CERN, [email protected] Aldo Deandrea, Heidelberg, [email protected] Stefania De Curtis, Firenze, [email protected] Daniele Dominici, Firenze, [email protected] Helmut Eberl, Vienna, [email protected] John Ellis (convener), CERN, [email protected] Hans Fraas, Wuerzburg, [email protected] Fabian Franke, Wuerzburg, [email protected] Harald Fritzsch, Munich, [email protected] Raoul Gatto,
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