Higher luminosities via alternative incident channels

Conference · Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5487799

Spencer, J E

We show that PEP provides some unique opportunities for one and two photon physics with real photons as well as for QCD studies with internal targets. Photon beams would avoid the major limitation on the luminosity of present machines and could provide PEP an ideal b-physics factory producing the full range of J/sub c//sup PC/ and J/sub b//sup PC/ states that may not be observable otherwise as well as allow a whole new class of ''missing-mass'' experiments. These latter particles are the pseudo-Goldstone bosons and their supersymmetric counterparts. These and related possibilities like a single-pass, ''free electron laser'' facility or even synchrotron radiation beam lines all favor a mini-maxi configuration for the low-beta insertions in PEP. This allows more diverse experiments without excluding any ongoing experimental programs. Such possibilities have interesting implications for a number of proposed facilities including the SSC. Some systematic machine physics studies over a range of energies are suggested. 24 refs., 6 figs.

• Research Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 5487799
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-3645; CONF-8504155-3; ON: DE85014355
• Resource Relation: Conference: PEP high luminosity workshop, Stanford, CA, USA, 5 Apr 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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