A muon collider, colliding muons and antimuons, is a new type of particle accelerator
at a center-of-mass energy up to 4 TeV. One of biggest challenges in constructing a muon
collider is to cool muons (read more).
Using the 400-MeV proton beam at Fermilab,
an experimental area (MuCool Test Area) was designed to develop, test, and verify the
apparatus for a muon colling technique, called "muon ionization cooling".
This project is small and suitable for young graduate students.