Compact Linear Collider

Compact Linear Collider project

The Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) is a concept for a future linear particle accelerator that aims to explore the next energy frontier. CLIC would collide electrons with positrons and is currently the only mature option for a multi-TeV linear collider. The accelerator would be between 11 and 50 km (7 and 31 mi) long,[1] more than ten times longer than the existing Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC) in California, US. CLIC is proposed to be built at CERN, across the border between France and Switzerland near Geneva, with first beams starting by the time the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has finished operations around 2035.[1]

The CLIC accelerator would use a novel two-beam acceleration technique at an acceleration gradient of 100 MV/m, and its staged construction would provide collisions at three centre-of-mass energies up to 3 TeV for optimal physics reach.[1] Research and development (R&D) are being carried out to achieve the high precision physics goals under challenging beam and background conditions.

CLIC aims to discover new physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics, through precision measurements of Standard Model properties as well as direct detection of new particles. The collider would offer high sensitivity to electroweak states, exceeding the predicted precision of the full LHC programme.[1] The current CLIC design includes the possibility for electron beam polarisation.

The CLIC collaboration produced a Conceptual Design Report (CDR) in 2012,[2] complemented by an updated energy staging scenario in 2016.[3] Additional detailed studies of the physics case for CLIC, an advanced design of the accelerator complex and the detector, as well as numerous R&D results are summarised in a recent series of CERN Yellow Reports.[1][4][5][6]

  1. ^ a b c d e CERN (2018). Burrows, P. N.; et al. (eds.). The Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) - 2018 Summary Report (Report). Geneva, Switzerland. arXiv:1812.06018. doi:10.23731/CYRM-2018-002. CERN-2018-005-M.
  2. ^ "Conceptual Design Report CLIC CDR". CLIC detector and physics study. CERN. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  3. ^ CERN, Geneva (2016). Burrows, P. N.; et al. (eds.). Updated Baseline for a Staged Compact Linear Collider (Report). Geneva, Switzerland. arXiv:1608.07537. doi:10.5170/CERN-2016-004. CERN-2016-004.
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