\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1}\leavevmode {\color {blue}Outline}}{5}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.1}\relax \fontsize {17.28}{22}\selectfont {Type of accelerators}}{6}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.2}\relax \fontsize {17.28}{22}\selectfont {Why study muon colliders?}}{9}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.2.1}\relax \fontsize {17.28}{22}\selectfont {Luminosity}}{10}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.2.2}\relax \fontsize {17.28}{22}\selectfont {Beam-beam interaction}}{13}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.2.3} \relax \fontsize {17.28}{22}\selectfont {Size of colliders}}{14}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.2.4}\relax \fontsize {17.28}{22}\selectfont {Difficulties with muons}}{14}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.2.5}\relax \fontsize {17.28}{22}\selectfont {Physics considerations}}{21}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.3}\relax \fontsize {17.28}{22}\selectfont {Brief historical introduction}}{23}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.4}\relax \fontsize {17.28}{22}\selectfont {Muon colliders: general description of the components}}{24}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.4.1}\relax \fontsize {17.28}{22}\selectfont {Baseline parameters}}{24}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.4.2}\relax \fontsize {17.28}{22}\selectfont {Proton driver}}{29}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.4.3}\relax \fontsize {17.28}{22}\selectfont {Target}}{31}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.4.4}\relax \fontsize {17.28}{22}\selectfont {Capture solenoid}}{31}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.4.5}\relax \fontsize {17.28}{22}\selectfont {Phase rotation channel}}{31}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.4.6}\relax \fontsize {17.28}{22}\selectfont {Ionization cooling channel}}{32}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.4.7}\relax \fontsize {17.28}{22}\selectfont {Acceleration}}{33}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.4.8}\relax \fontsize {17.28}{22}\selectfont {Collider}}{33}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.5}\relax \fontsize {17.28}{22}\selectfont {Neutrino factory }}{36}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.5.1}\relax \fontsize {17.28}{22}\selectfont {Conventional \textsl {vs.} storage ring neutrino beam}}{36}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.5.2}\relax \fontsize {17.28}{22}\selectfont {Components}}{37}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2}References}{39}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3}Problems}{40}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.1}Problem No.1}{40}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2}Problem No.2}{41}