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Leonardo Palombini

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Prospects for precision Higgs boson measurements at a 10 TeV muon collider

A 10 TeV muon collider offers a powerful environment for precision studies of the Higgs sector through its large vector-boson-fusion production rates. This review presents projected sensitivities to single- and double-Higgs production cross sections, the Higgs boson mass, and the trilinear Higgs self-coupling. The projections are obtained from detailed simulations of the MUSIC detector, including machine-induced background, for a baseline configuration of two experiments, each collecting an integrated luminosity of 10 $\mathrm{ab}^{-1}$. The $H\to b\bar{b}$ and $H\to WW^\ast$ production cross sections can be measured with statistical precisions of 0.18% and 0.35%, respectively, while precisions of 2.6%, 4.2%, and 6.9% are expected for $H\toγγ$, $H\to ZZ^\ast$, and $H\toμ^+μ^-$. Combining the $H\to b\bar{b}$, $H\toγγ$, and $H\toμ^+μ^-$ channels yields an expected Higgs boson mass precision of about 19 MeV. Double-Higgs production can be measured with statistical precisions of 4.2% in the $HH\to b\bar{b}b\bar{b}$ channel and 14% in the $HH\to b\bar{b}WW^\ast$ channel. Using the $HH\to b\bar{b}b\bar{b}$ channel, the trilinear Higgs self-coupling can be determined with an expected precision of about 5%. These results demonstrate the potential of a high-energy muon collider for precision Higgs physics.

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Higgs Physics at a $\sqrt{s} = 10$ TeV Muon Collider

This contribution discusses the physics potential of a future muon collider operating at a center-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s} = 10$ TeV for precision studies in the Higgs sector. Using a detailed detector simulation that incorporates the dominant sources of machine-induced background, the expected sensitivity to key Higgs processes is evaluated. These include the measurement of production cross sections for $H\to b\bar{b}$, $H\to WW^*$, and double-Higgs production $H\!H\to b\bar{b}b\bar{b}$. A central focus of the study is the determination of the Higgs boson trilinear self-coupling, a critical parameter for understanding the structure of the Higgs potential and electroweak symmetry breaking. The analysis is based on the MUSIC multi-purpose detector concept, specifically optimized for the muon collider environment, and assumes an integrated luminosity of $10$ ab$^{-1}$ collected over five years. The results presented highlight the exceptional prospects of a multi-TeV muon collider for exploring the Higgs potential with a level of precision unattainable by any other proposed future collider within a comparable timeframe.

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MUSIC: a detector concept for 10 TeV $\mathbf{μ^+μ^-}$ collisions

The full exploitation of the physics potential of a multi-TeV muon collider will ultimately lie in the detector's ability to cope with unprecedented levels of machine-induced backgrounds. This contribution introduces the MUSIC (MUon System for Interesting Collisions) detector concept and presents its performance in the context of $\sqrt{s}$ = 10 TeV muon-antimuon collisions. The MUSIC detector is designed to mitigate machine-induced background effects while maintaining high efficiency and accuracy in the reconstruction of physics events, in particular in the Higgs boson sector and in the search for new physics. It features an all-silicon tracking system, a semi-homogeneous lead-fluorite crystal electromagnetic calorimeter, an iron-scintillator sampling hadronic calorimeter, and a superconducting magnet providing a 5 T magnetic field. Detailed detector simulations, accounting for the dominant machine-induced backgrounds, demonstrate promising performance in track, muon, photon, electron, and jet reconstruction, as well as jet flavor identification, highlighting the detector's strong potential for high-energy muon collider experiments.

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MUSIC: A Multi-Purpose Detector Concept for Physics at the 10 TeV Muon Collider

This work presents a proof of concept for MUSIC, a multi-purpose detector conceived for high-precision and ultra-high-energy physics studies in the challenging environment of $\sqrt{s}=10$ TeV muon-antimuon collisions. The detector features a central tracking system, electromagnetic and hadronic calorimeters, and dedicated muon detectors. This paper outlines the main design elements of each subdetector, with an emphasis on the effects of machine-induced backgrounds and the reconstruction strategies employed for key physics objects. Performance results for electrons, photons, muons, and jets are reported, and studies of jet flavour identification are discussed.

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