ISABELLE: proceedings of the 1981 Summer Workshop. Volume 1. Lectures
- ed.
The ISABELLE Summer Workshop, held at BNL from July 20 through July 31, was attended by 259 physicists representing 72 institutions. The discussions covered experimental areas, large detectors and detector technology, with a primary emphasis on physics opportunities, both with a phased and a full luminosity ISABELLE. There was a consensus that physics with Phase I (E/sub cm/ approx. = 700 GeV and L approx. 2 x 10/sup 31//cm/sup 2//sec, with bunched beams) was feasible, important and exciting. It has been known for years that the orthodox gauge theories will be critically tested by studying the W/sup +-/, Z/sup 0/ and high p/sub perpendicular to/ phenomena. The Z/sup 0/ has a reasonable chance of being found at the anti pp colliders if luminosities reach 10/sup 30//cm/sup 2//sec, but its properties will be difficult to decipher. Seeing the W/sup +-/'s or new heavy quarks is less probable and measuring their properties is even less likely. At ISABELLE these phenomena can all be studied with high precision. But the more exciting conclusion which emerged from the workshop was related to the question of what generates the approx. 100 GeV masses of the W's and Z's. The answer could involve Higgs, technicolor, or other particles with masses ranging from 10.8 GeV to 1 TeV, with an intermediate mass scale of 200 to 300 GeV being a possible region of strong interest. Some of these models predict spectacular experimental signatures. It is clear that only ISABELLE with L approx. 10/sup 32/ - 10/sup 33/, has an opportunity of addressing and resolving such questions. Twelve papers from volume one were prepared separately for the data base, along with three items previously prepared. (GHT)
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- OSTI ID:
- 5220074
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-51443-Vol.1; CONF-810759-Vol.1; ON: DE82008393; TRN: 82-016357
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Physics opportunities at ISABELLE summer workshop, Upton, NY, USA, 20 Jul 1981; Other Information: Portions of document are illegible. MN only
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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