TLEP, first step in a long-term vision for HEP
Abstract
The discovery of H(126) has renewed interest in circular e+e- colliders that can operate as Higgs factories, which benefit from three unique characteristics: i) high luminosity and reliability, ii) the availability of several interaction points, iii) superior beam energy accuracy. TLEP is an e+e- storage ring of 80-km circumference that can operate with very high luminosity from the Z peak (90 GeV) to the top quark pair threshold (350 GeV). It can achieve transverse beam polarization at the Z peak and WW threshold, giving it unparalleled accuracy on the beam energy. A preliminary study indicates that an 80 km tunnel could be constructed around CERN. Such a tunnel would allow a 100 TeV proton-proton collider to be established in the same ring (VHE-LHC), offering a long term vision.
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@article{arxiv.1306.5981,
title = {TLEP, first step in a long-term vision for HEP},
author = {M. Koratzinos and A. P. Blondel and R. Aleksan and P. Janot and F. Zimmermann and J. R. Ellis and M. Zanetti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.5981},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
This is a contribution to the the Snowmass process 2013: Frontier Capabilities