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Description
As a fundamental subatomic particle, muon has many unique properties that make it an important tool for research in Physics, Chemistry, and Materials science. In recent years, abundant achievements have been made in the generation and application of muon beam, such as μSR, muon tomography, muon cooling, and muon collider. However, because we did not have suitable proton accelerators before, the technology and conditions for muon research are still lacking in China. HIAF (High Intensity heavy ion Accelerator Facility) is a new accelerator facility for advances in nuclear physics and related research fields in China. Featuring unprecedentedly intense ion beams from proton to uranium, HIAF will bring researchers to the forefront of promoting the most vigorous and fascinating fields in nuclear physics. Especially, it will provide an excellent platform for building a high-flux muon source. The construction of HIAF started in December of 2018, and the civil engineering and infrastructure are being constructed on time and will be completed in July, 2023. R&D on key accelerator techniques is going smoothly, and prototypes of core devices have been developed and fabricated in cooperation with domestic and foreign collaborators. In this talk, the progress and present status of the HIAF project will be given, and the future plans for muon studies will be discussed.
