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FCC-ee Lessons from SuperKEKB

Accelerator Physics 2025-10-21 v4 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

SuperKEKB has achieved significantly higher specific luminosity than its predecessor KEKB, and it has proven a much more sustainable machine. It has successfully demonstrated several key design elements of FCC-ee. The design luminosity has not yet been reached, however. This observation is often (mistakenly) used to put into question the reliability of the FCC-ee design luminosity. In this note we review the accomplishments, challenges and obstacles of SuperKEKB, and compare these with the FCC-ee design.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2509.07448,
  title  = {FCC-ee Lessons from SuperKEKB},
  author = {Frank Zimmermann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.07448},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

Complementary Contribution to the European Strategy for Particle Physics Update 2025. In this fourth version, a few pictures and references were updated, replaced or added, including a proposal for a new straighter electron beam transport line

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