2001 Report on the Next Linear Collider.

Gronberg, J. ; Briedenbach, M. ; Burke, D. ; Corlett, J. ; Dombeck, T.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: Linear colliders;    Luminosity;    Higgs bosons;    Elementary particles;    Electrons;   

RP-ID  :  DE200415006933

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

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来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

Recent studies in elementary particle physics have made the need for an e(sup+)e(sup-) linear collider able to reach energies of 500 GeV and above with high luminosity more compelling than ever. Observations and measurements completed in the last five years at the SLC (SLAC), LEP (CERN), and the Tevatron (FNAL) can be explained only by the existence of at least one particle or interaction that has not yet been directly observed in experiment. The Higgs boson of the Standard Model could be that particle. The data point strongly to a mass for the Higgs boson that is just beyond the reach of existing colliders. This brings great urgency and excitement to the potential for discovery at the upgraded Tevatron early in this decade, and almost assures that later experiments at the LHC will find new physics.