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Transverse emittance reduction in muon beams by ionization cooling

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Nature Physics, Published online: 17 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02547-4

Current muon beams have a phase-space volume that is too large for applications in muon colliders. Now, the reduction in the beam’s transverse emittance when passed through different absorbers in ionization cooling experiments is quantified.