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Description
Since its inception, the field of Advanced Accelerators has regarded future particle-physics colliders as the ultimate application of > 1 GV/m accelerator technology [1]. Over the last decades, rapid experimental and theoretical progress [2,3,4] drove a conceptual evolution of potential future colliders based on Wakefield Accelerator (WFA) technology. The recent P5 Report [5] calls for “vigorous R&D toward a cost-effective 10 TeV pCM collider based on proton, muon, or possible wakefield technologies.” Specifically, the P5 Report requests “the delivery of an end-to-end design concept, including cost scales, with self-consistent parameters throughout.” This presentation will outline the opportunities, requirements, and challenges for a 10 TeV WFA collider and will introduce a community-driven design study based on working groups and performance metrics including a timeline with deliverables.
Footnotes
[1] R. Ruth et al., “A Plasma Wake Field Accelerator” Particle Accelerators, 17, 171-189 (1985).
[2] E. Esarey et al., “Physics of laser-driven plasma-based electron accelerators”, Rev. Mod. Phys., 81, 1229 (2009).
[3] C. Jing, “Dielectric Wakefield Accelerators”, Rev. Accel. Sci. Tech, 9, 127-149 (2016).
[4] M. Hogan, “Electron and Positron Beam–Driven Plasma Acceleration” Rev. Accel. Sci. Tech, 9, 63-83 (2016).
[5] P5 Report https://www.usparticlephysics.org/2023-p5-report/
