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most citedBranching ratios and spectral functions of tau decays: final ALEPH measurements and physics implications

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hep-ex2026

Efficiency measurements of GEM GE1/1 chambers in the upgraded CMS Endcap Muon System using 2023 collision data at TeV

M. Abbas, S. Abbott, M. Abbrescia +184

The CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider employs Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detectors, a technology based on gaseous ionization, as one of the muon detectors. The muon sp…

physics.acc-ph2025★ 2 cited

MuCol Milestone Report No. 7: Consolidated Parameters

Rebecca Taylor, Antoine Chancé, Dario Augusto Giove +459

This document is comprised of a collection of consolidated parameters for the key parts of the muon collider. These consolidated parameters follow on from the October 2024 Prelimin…

physics.acc-ph2025★ 1 cited

The Muon Collider

Carlotta Accettura, Simon Adrian, Rohit Agarwal +450

Muons offer a unique opportunity to build a compact high-energy electroweak collider at the 10 TeV scale. A Muon Collider enables direct access to the underlying simplicity of the…

physics.acc-ph2024

MuCol Milestone Report No. 5: Preliminary Parameters

Carlotta Accettura, Simon Adrian, Rohit Agarwal +391

This document is comprised of a collection of updated preliminary parameters for the key parts of the muon collider. The updated preliminary parameters follow on from the October 2…

physics.ins-det2024

Design and optimization of a hadronic calorimeter based on micropattern gaseous detectors for a future experiment at the Muon Collider

Antonello Pellecchia, Marco Buonsante, Maryna Borysova +14

Micro-pattern gaseous detectors (MPGDs) are a promising readout technology for hadronic calorimeters (HCAL) thanks to their good space resolution, longevity and rate capability. We…

physics.acc-ph2024

Interim report for the International Muon Collider Collaboration (IMCC)

C. Accettura, S. Adrian, R. Agarwal +383

The International Muon Collider Collaboration (IMCC) [1] was established in 2020 following the recommendations of the European Strategy for Particle Physics (ESPP) and the implemen…

hep-ex2024

Higgs Physics at a TeV Muon Collider with detailed detector simulation

Paolo Andreetto, Nazar Bartosik, Laura Buonincontri +24

The Muon Collider is one of the most promising future collider facilities with the potential to reach multi-TeV center-of-mass energy and high luminosity. Due to the significant Hi…

physics.ins-det2023★ 2 cited

Production and validation of industrially produced large-sized GEM foils for the Phase-2 upgrade of the CMS muon spectrometer

Inseok Yoon

The upgrade of the CMS detector for the high luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) will include gas electron multiplier (GEM) detectors in the end-cap muon spectrometer. Due to the limited suppl…

physics.acc-ph2023

Towards a Muon Collider

Carlotta Accettura, Dean Adams, Rohit Agarwal +294

A muon collider would enable the big jump ahead in energy reach that is needed for a fruitful exploration of fundamental interactions. The challenges of producing muon collisions a…

physics.ins-det2022

Report of the Topical Group on Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detectors for Snowmass 2021

B. Surrow, M. Titov, S. Vahsen +10

This report summarizes white papers on micro-pattern gaseous detectors (MPGDs) that were submitted to the Instrumentation Frontier Topical Group IF05, as part of the Snowmass 2021…

physics.ins-det2022★ 26 cited

Quality Control of Mass-Produced GEM Detectors for the CMS GE1/1 Muon Upgrade

M. Abbas, M. Abbrescia, H. Abdalla +179

The series of upgrades to the Large Hadron Collider, culminating in the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider, will enable a significant expansion of the physics program of the CMS…

physics.acc-ph2022★ 5 cited

A Muon Collider Facility for Physics Discovery

D. Stratakis, N. Mokhov, M. Palmer +66

Muon colliders provide a unique route to deliver high energy collisions that enable discovery searches and precision measurements to extend our understanding of the fundamental law…

physics.ins-det2022★ 4 cited

Promising Technologies and R&D Directions for the Future Muon Collider Detectors

Sergo Jindariani, Federico Meloni, Nadia Pastrone +58

Among the post-LHC generation of particle accelerators, the muon collider represents a unique machine with capability to provide very high energy leptonic collisions and to open th…

physics.ins-det2022★ 1 cited

MPGDs for tracking and Muon detection at future high energy physics colliders

K. Black, A. Colaleo, C. Aimè +61

In the next years, the energy and intensity frontiers of the experimental Particle Physics will be pushed forward with the upgrade of existing accelerators (LHC at CERN) and the en…

hep-ex2022★ 4 cited

Simulated Detector Performance at the Muon Collider

Nazar Bartosik, Karol Krizka, Simone Pagan Griso +68

In this paper we report on the current status of studies on the expected performance for a detector designed to operate in a muon collider environment. Beam-induced backgrounds (BI…

physics.ins-det2021★ 1 cited

Modeling the triple-GEM detector response to background particles for the CMS Experiment

M. Abbas, M. Abbrescia, H. Abdalla +186

An estimate of environmental background hit rate on triple-GEM chambers is performed using Monte Carlo (MC) simulation and compared to data taken by test chambers installed in the…

physics.ins-det2021

Performance of a Triple-GEM Demonstrator in Collisions at the CMS Detector

M. Abbas, M. Abbrescia, H. Abdalla +178

After the Phase-2 high-luminosity upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the collision rate and therefore the background rate will significantly increase, particularly in the…

physics.ins-det2020★ 1 cited

Interstrip Capacitances of the Readout Board used in Large Triple-GEM Detectors for the CMS Muon Upgrade

M. Abbas, M. Abbrescia, H. Abdalla +178

We present analytical calculations, Finite Element Analysis modeling, and physical measurements of the interstrip capacitances for different potential strip geometries and dimensio…

physics.ins-det2019★ 8 cited

Diamond-Like Carbon for the Fast Timing MPGD

Anna Colaleo, Giuseppe De Robertis, Francesco Licciulli +23

The present generation of Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detectors (MPGDs) are radiation hard detectors, capable of detecting efficiently particle rates of several MHz/cm , while exhibi…

physics.ins-det2015

A novel application of Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors in MPGD

D. Abbaneo, M. Abbas, M. Abbrescia +153

We present a novel application of Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors in the construction and characterisation of Micro Pattern Gaseous Detector (MPGD), with particular attention to…

physics.ins-det2015★ 2 cited

Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors as flatness and mechanical stretching sensors

D. Abbaneo, M. Abbas, M. Abbrescia +153

A novel approach which uses Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors has been utilised to assess and monitor the flatness of Gaseous Electron Multipliers (GEM) foils. The setup layout and…

physics.ins-det2014★ 3 cited

Performance of a Large-Area GEM Detector Prototype for the Upgrade of the CMS Muon Endcap System

D. Abbaneo, M. Abbas, M. Abbrescia +134

Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) technology is being considered for the forward muon upgrade of the CMS experiment in Phase 2 of the CERN LHC. Its first implementation is planned for…

physics.ins-det2014★ 3 cited

CMS RPC muon detector performance with 2010-2012 LHC data

G. Pugliese

The muon spectrometer of the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is equipped with a redundant system made of Resistive Plate Chambers and Drif…

physics.ins-det2014

Radiation background with the CMS RPCs at the LHC

Silvia Costantini

The Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) are employed in the CMS experiment at the LHC as dedicated trigger system both in the barrel and in the endcap. This note presents results of th…