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Title: SuperB: A High-Luminosity Asymmetric e+e- Super Flavor Factory

Abstract

We discuss herein the exciting physics program that can be accomplished with a very large sample of heavy quark and heavy lepton decays produced in the very clean environment of an e{sup +}e{sup -} collider; a program complementary to that of an experiment such as LHCb at a hadronic machine. It then presents the conceptual design of a new type of e{sup +}e{sup -} collider that produces a nearly two-order-of-magnitude increase in luminosity over the current generation of asymmetric B Factories. The key idea is the use of low emittance beams produced in an accelerator lattice derived from the ILC Damping Ring Design, together with a new collision region, again with roots in the ILC final focus design, but with important new concepts developed in this design effort. Remarkably, SuperB produces this very large improvement in luminosity with circulating currents and wallplug power similar to those of the current B Factories. There is clear synergy with ILC R&D; design efforts have already influenced one another, and many aspects of the ILC Damping Rings and Final Focus would be operationally tested at SuperB. Finally, the design of an appropriate detector, based on an upgrade of BABAR as an example, is discussedmore » in some detail. A preliminary cost estimate is presented, as is an example construction timeline.« less

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
907708
Report Number(s):
SLAC-R-856
TRN: US200721%%540
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; ACCELERATORS; CONSTRUCTION; DAMPING; DESIGN; HEAVY LEPTONS; LUMINOSITY; PHYSICS; QUARKS; Accelerators, Instrumentation,ACCPHY, HEPEX, INST

Citation Formats

Bona, M., and /et al. SuperB: A High-Luminosity Asymmetric e+e- Super Flavor Factory. United States: N. p., 2007. Web. doi:10.2172/907708.
Bona, M., & /et al. SuperB: A High-Luminosity Asymmetric e+e- Super Flavor Factory. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/907708
Bona, M., and /et al. 2007. "SuperB: A High-Luminosity Asymmetric e+e- Super Flavor Factory". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/907708. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/907708.
@article{osti_907708,
title = {SuperB: A High-Luminosity Asymmetric e+e- Super Flavor Factory},
author = {Bona, M. and /et al.},
abstractNote = {We discuss herein the exciting physics program that can be accomplished with a very large sample of heavy quark and heavy lepton decays produced in the very clean environment of an e{sup +}e{sup -} collider; a program complementary to that of an experiment such as LHCb at a hadronic machine. It then presents the conceptual design of a new type of e{sup +}e{sup -} collider that produces a nearly two-order-of-magnitude increase in luminosity over the current generation of asymmetric B Factories. The key idea is the use of low emittance beams produced in an accelerator lattice derived from the ILC Damping Ring Design, together with a new collision region, again with roots in the ILC final focus design, but with important new concepts developed in this design effort. Remarkably, SuperB produces this very large improvement in luminosity with circulating currents and wallplug power similar to those of the current B Factories. There is clear synergy with ILC R&D; design efforts have already influenced one another, and many aspects of the ILC Damping Rings and Final Focus would be operationally tested at SuperB. Finally, the design of an appropriate detector, based on an upgrade of BABAR as an example, is discussed in some detail. A preliminary cost estimate is presented, as is an example construction timeline.},
doi = {10.2172/907708},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/907708}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 18 00:00:00 EDT 2007},
month = {Fri May 18 00:00:00 EDT 2007}
}