LEP3: A High Luminosity $e^+e^-$ Collider to Study the Higgs Boson
- Univ. of Geneva (Switzerland)
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland)
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba (Japan)
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
- Budker INP, Novosibirsk (Russian Federation)
- Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland)
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
A strong candidate for the Standard Model Scalar boson, H(126), has been discovered by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments. In order to study this fundamental particle with unprecedented precision, and to perform precision tests of the closure of the Standard Model, we investigate the possibilities offered by An e+e- storage ring collider. We use a design inspired by the B-factories, taking into account the performance achieved at LEP2, and imposing a synchrotron radiation power limit of 100 MW. At the most relevant centre-of-mass energy of 240 GeV, near-constant luminosities of 10^34 cm^{-2}s^{-1} are possible in up to four collision points for a ring of 27km circumference. The achievable luminosity increases with the bending radius, and for 80km circumference, a luminosity of 5 10^34 cm^{-2}s^{-1} in four collision points appears feasible. Beamstrahlung becomes relevant at these high luminosities, leading to a design requirement of large momentum acceptance both in the accelerating system and in the optics. The larger machine could reach the top quark threshold, would yield luminosities per interaction point of 10^36 cm^{-2}s^{-1} at the Z pole (91 GeV) and 2 10^35 cm^{-2}s^{-1} at the W pair production threshold (80 GeV per beam). The energy spread is reduced in the larger ring with respect to what is was at LEP, giving confidence that beam polarization for energy calibration purposes should be available up to the W pair threshold. The capabilities in term of physics performance are outlined.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 1419183
- Report Number(s):
- CERN-ATS-NOTE-2012-062-TECH; CERN-PH-TH-2012-281; FERMILAB-TM-2544-APC; arXiv:1208.0504; 1125572
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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