SDC at high luminosity

Conference · Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6951445

Green, D

Why is it prudent to plan for a luminosity (L) of >10{sup 34}/(cm{sup 2}sec) from the beginning First, the SSC is easily capable of attaining high luminosity. In comparison, for {bar p}p machines such as the Tevatron, increases in L are difficult. Second, after early runs at design luminosity, the only simple upgrade to a general purpose detector is an increase in luminosity. Third, and most important, the only known model independent physics goal of SSC is in the electroweak sector; the ZZ scattering amplitude reaches the unitarity bound for {radical}{cflx s} {approx equal} 3 TeV. In order to reach this mass range, and assure that some new physics is found, high luminosity running is needed. Since high luminosity running is desirable and easily attainable, it is inevitable. Therefore, one should build the hooks'' for upgrades to high L into the SDC from the beginning. The experience of CDF is that if this is not done, upgrades can be painful. Specifically, if possible, SDC should make sure that the chosen technologies allow high L operation. The time to plan for the whole useful lifetime of SDC is from the beginning. 9 refs., 6 figs.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/ER
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03000
• OSTI ID: 6951445
• Report Number(s): FNAL/C-90/110; CONF-9004213-1; ON: DE90012669; TRN: 90-021744
• Resource Relation: Conference: International conference on solenoidal detectors for the SSC, Tsukuba (Japan), 23-25 Apr 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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