Science

Vol. 383 No. 6690, 29 Mar 2024

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By colliding weighty, unstable subatomic particles called muons, physicists hope to reach the high energies needed for new discoveries more quickly and cheaply than with a more-conventional proton collider. But the unproven technology is challenging because muons decay in a fraction of a second. In the simulation shown here, collision products streak through a haze of extraneous particles from the muons’ decay. See page 1405.
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