Accelerator R D Toward Muon Collider And Neutrino Factory

Over the last decade there has been significant progress in developing the concepts and technologies needed to produce, capture, accelerate and collide high intensity beams of muons. At present, a high-luminosity multi-TeV muon collider presents a viable option for the next generation lepton-lepton collider, which is believed to be needed to fully explore high energy physics in the era following LHC discoveries. Such a collider can offer superb energy resolution, smaller size, and potentially cost and power consumption compared to multi-TeV ee− linear colliders. This article briefly reviews the motivation, design and status of accelerator R & D for Muon Collider and Neutrino Factory.