Next Linear Collider: Overview and e{sup {minus}}e{sup {minus}} option
A lepton collider capable of generating a luminosity of 5 x 1033 to 1 x 1034 at center-of-mass energies from 0.5 to 1.5 TeV would permit studies of fundamental interactions complementary to those planned at the Large Hadron Collider. Such energies would be more easily achieved for electrons at a linear collider than a conventional storage ring. The authors describe the Next Linear Collider (NLC), a proposed linear collider which utilizes room-temperature RF systems operating at 11.4 GHz to achieve the desired energies and room-temperature electromagnets and permanent magnets to achieve the extremely small beam sizes required to meet the specified luminosity goal. The NLC design has been optimized to permit electron-electron collisions as well as electron-positron collisions. The authors discuss a few of the detailed technical challenges which are posed by electron-electron collisions in the NLC parameter regime.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 753318
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-8396; TRN: US0001936
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 7 Mar 2000
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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