Experimentation at a muon collider

Experimental activities involving multi-TeV muon collisions are a relativelyrecent endeavor. The community has limited experience in designing detectorsfor lepton interactions at center-of-mass energies of 10 TeV and beyond. Thisreview provides a short overview of the machine characteristics and outlinespotential sources of beam-induced background that could impact the detectorperformance. The strategy for mitigating the effects of beam-induced backgroundon the detector at $\sqrt{s}=3$ TeV is discussed, focusing on themachine-detector interface, detector design, and the implementation ofreconstruction algorithms. The physics potential at this center-of-mass energyis evaluated using a detailed detector simulation that incorporates the effectsof beam-induced background. This evaluation concerns the Higgs boson couplingsand the Higgs field potential sensitivity, that then are used to get confidenceon the expectations at 10 TeV. The physics and detector requirements for anexperiment at $\sqrt{s}=10$ TeV, outlined here, form the foundation for theinitial detector concept at that center-of-mass energy .