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Good 𝜈's: Neutrino Physics at a Muon Collider

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Workshop Goals & Scope:  

The workshop will bring together experts in neutrino physics and high-energy colliders to explore the unique opportunities that a high-energy muon collider offers in answering key neutrino-related questions. The primary focus will be identifying questions that cannot be addressed by current or near-future experiments, with an emphasis on exploring new physics through neutrino interactions at such a collider.

The workshop will involve contributions from both neutrino and collider physicists as well as machine experts, who will collaborate to assess the need for a dedicated neutrino detector and investigate how high-energy neutrinos from muon decay could help address broader questions in the main detector. The discussions and outcomes of the workshop will be concluded in a white paper. The white paper will summarize the key findings, possible neutrino-related measurements, and design considerations for the collider, including the potential for incorporating a neutrino factory. This workshop, which will be first in this topic, will serve as a hub for the community, fostering collaborations that could shape the future of neutrino studies at high-energy muon colliders.

Dates: Oct 27th -29th, 2025 (Mon. - Wed.)

Location: Pittsburgh Particle Physics, Astrophysics, and Cosmology Center (Pitt PACC), University of Pittsburgh

Workshop Venue: Courtyard by Marriott Pittsburgh University Center (100 Lytton Ave.)

Organizing Committee: Kun Cheng (Pitt PACC), Tao Han (Pitt PACC), Tova Holmes (Tennessee), Samuel Homiller (Pitt PACC), Patrick Huber (Virginia Tech), Donna Naples (Pitt PACC) and Zahra Tabrizi (Pitt PACC)

Administrator: Joni George

Confirmed Speakers:

Nima Arkani-Hamed (IAS) [TBD], 
Innes Bigaran (Virginia Tech),
Vedran Brdar (OSU),
Andre de Gouvea (Northwestern),
Bhaskar Dutta (Texas A&M), 
Max Fieg (Fermilab),
Carolina Figueiredo (Princeton),
Julia Gehrlein (CSU),
Matheus Hostert (Iowa U.),
Doojin Kim (South Dakota U.),
Young-Kee Kim (Fermilab) [TBD],
Larry Lee (Tennessee),
Zhen Liu (UMN),
Isobel Ojalvo (Princeton U.), 
Victoria Parrish (MSU),
Vladimir Shiltsev (NIU) [TBD],
Keping Xie (MSU)


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  • Monday 27 October
    • Registration and Breakfast
    • Theory
      • 1
        Welcome and Workshop Overview and Goals
        Speaker: Zahra Tabrizi (University of Pittsburgh)
      • 2
        Update on Fermilab Initiative
        Speaker: Young-Kee Kim (University of Chicago (US))
      • 3
        Review of neutrino physics
        Speaker: Andre De Gouvea
      • 4
        Review of neutrino physics at a muon collider
        Speaker: Matheus Hostert
    • 10:40
      Coffee Break
    • Theory
      • 5
        New Physics at Muon Beams
        Speaker: Prof. Bhaskar Dutta
      • 6
        Lepton Flavor Theory
        Speaker: Nima Arkani-Hamed (IAS)
    • 12:10
      Lunch Break
    • Theory
      • 7
        Discussion session: Gathering Theory ideas
      • 8
        DIS/QCD
        Speaker: Juan Rojo Chacon (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))
      • 9
        Neutrinos for QCD/DIS
        Speaker: Keping Xie (Michigan State University)
    • 15:30
      Coffee Break
    • Theory
      • 10
        Slice of neutrinos at high-energy muon colliders
        Speaker: Zhen Liu
      • 11
        Muon Collider Prospects for the Neutrino Magnetic Moment Portal
        Speaker: Vedran Brdar (MPIK Heidelberg)
  • Tuesday 28 October
    • 08:30
      Breakfast
    • Detector
      • 12
        Detector considerations for nu's at a MuCol facility
        Speaker: Jae Yu
      • 13
        FPF Detectors
        Speaker: Max Fieg
      • 14
        P-One Detector
        Speaker: Dr Victoria Parrish (Michigan State University)
    • 10:30
      Coffee Break
    • Detector
      • 15
        Discussion session: Neutrino Detector Design
      • 16
        TBD
        Speakers: Carlos A. Argüelles-Delgado (Harvard University), Prof. Carlos Arguelles Delgado (Harvard University)
    • 12:30
      Lunch Break
    • Beam
      • 17
        Demonstrator and Neutrino Beam
        Speaker: Bob Zwaska
      • 18
        TBD
        Speaker: Kiley Elizabeth Kennedy (Princeton University (US))
      • 19
        Discussion session: Collider Considerations and Beam
        Speakers: Isobel Ojalvo (Princeton University (US)), Larry Lee (TRIUMF)
    • 15:45
      Coffee Break
    • Detector
      • 20
        Neutrino Kaleidoscope
        Speaker: Dr Nicholas Kamp (Harvard University)
      • 21
        ANITA, Radar Echo Telescope
        Speaker: steven prohira (University of Kansas)
    • 18:30
      Banquet Allegheny Observatory

      Allegheny Observatory
  • Wednesday 29 October
    • 08:30
      Breakfast
    • Neutrino Factory
      • 22
        A modern view of a neutrino factory
        Speaker: Julia Gehrlein (Colorado State University (US))
      • 23
        Discussion session: Neutrino Factory
    • 10:00
      Coffee Break
    • Theory
      • 24
        TBD
        Speaker: Doojin Kim
      • 25
        TBD
        Speaker: Innes Bigaran
      • 26
        Discussion session: White Paper
        Speaker: Zahra Tabrizi (University of Pittsburgh)
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