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Multi-TeV muon colliders are promising machines for precision studies of the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics and for probing potential physics beyond the SM. In the proposed muon production scheme, muons are generated from pion decays, resulting in beams with very large phase-space volumes that must be reduced through ionization cooling.
During ionization cooling, muons reach the lowest energies encountered in the entire muon collider complex, typically in the MeV regime.
Owing to the combination of high intensities, small transverse emittances and low beam energies, space-charge effects can become significant and therefore cannot be neglected.
Despite their potential impact on beam dynamics and cooling performance, space-charge effects in ionization cooling channels have not yet been extensively studied. In this work, we present multi-particle simulations performed with RF-Track to investigate and quantify the influence of space charge during ionization cooling. The goal is to improve the understanding of space charge effects and to provide guidance for the optimal design of future ionization cooling channels.