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PWFA linear collider improvements -- from previous concepts to HALHF

Accelerator Physics 2025-09-10 v1
Authors: Erik Adli , Carl A. Lindstrøm
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Abstract

This note summarizes the major design changes from the plasma wakefield linear collider concept presented at Snowmass 2013 to the most recent HALHF 2.0 baseline.

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@article{arxiv.2509.07910,
  title  = {PWFA linear collider improvements -- from previous concepts to HALHF},
  author = {Erik Adli and Carl A. Lindstrøm},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.07910},
  year   = {2025}
}

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This note addresses a question that came up during the update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics 2025--2026

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