How the unstable muon could revolutionize experimental particle physics. Particle physics needs a new collider to supersede the Large Hadron Collider. Muons, not electrons or protons, might hold the key..
While many unstable particles, both fundamental and composite, can be produced in particle physics, only protons, neutrons (bound in nuclei) and the electron are stable, along with their antimatter counterparts and the photon. Everything else is short-lived, but if muons…