Updates on the Conceptual Design Study of the Magnets for the Muon Collider Storage Ring

  • Barbara Caiffi
  • , Luca Alfonso
  • , Andrea Bersani
  • , Luca Bottura
  • , Stefania Farinon
  • , Francesco Mariani
  • , Samuele Mariotto
  • , Riccardo Musenich
  • , Daniel Novelli
  • , Alessandra Pampaloni
  • , Tiina Salmi

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Abstract

The Muon Collider represents an exciting proposal for a post-LHC accelerator, capable of exploring higher-energy regions with greater power consumption efficiency compared to hadronic alternatives, while avoiding synchrotron radiation limitations inherent in electron colliders. This contribution will focus on the magnets for the Muon Collider storage ring. These magnets pose an unprecedented technological challenge: high magnetic fields are required to ensure the compactness of the ring, maximizing the number of muon beam passes through the interaction region and thereby increasing luminosity. Additionally, large apertures are essential to accommodate an adequate shielding system that keeps the thermal and nuclear loads induced by the beam within acceptable limits. Furthermore, minimizing straight sections is critical to avoid the radioactive hazard posed by collimated neutrino beams, necessitating the use of combined-function magnets (dipole + quadrupole and dipole + sextupole). The interaction region also presents extreme conditions that demand the development of magnets beyond the current state of the art. In this contribution, we will discuss the progress in the feasibility study of magnets for both the arc and the interaction region of the Muon Collider storage ring. Performance limits will be analyzed for dipoles and quadrupoles, taking into consideration constraints on mechanical stresses, margin on the load line, ease of the protection system and cost for ReBCO-based magnets. Finally, the most up-to-date conceptual designs of the arc dipole will be presented, comparing the strengths and challenges of the cos-theta and block coil layouts in terms of achieving of electromagnetic requirements, mechanical structure feasibility, and windability.

Original languageEnglish
Article number4001505
JournalIEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
Volume36
Issue number3
Early online date10 Nov 2025
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 10 Nov 2025
Publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

  • accelerator magnets
  • Muon collider
  • superconducting magnets

Publication forum classification

  • Publication forum level 1

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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