Muon colliders offer enormous potential for the exploration of the particle physics frontier but are challenging to realize. A new international collaboration is forming to make such a muon collider a reality.
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Long, K.R., Lucchesi, D., Palmer, M.A. et al. Muon colliders to expand frontiers of particle physics. Nat. Phys. 17, 289–292 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-020-01130-x
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