The role of polarized positrons and electrons in revealing fundamental interactions at the Linear Collider
By G. Moortgat-Pick, T. Abe, G. Alexander, B. Ananthanarayan, A. Babich, V. Bharadwaj, D. Barber, A. Bartl, A. Brachmann, Shaomin Chen and 64 more. 2005
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The proposed International Linear Collider (ILC) is well-suited for discovering physics beyond the Standard Model and for precisely unraveling the structure of the underlying physics. The physics return can be maximized by the use of polarized beams. This report shows the paramount role of polarized beams and summarizes the benefits obtained from polarizing the positron beam, as well as the electron beam. The physics case for this option is illustrated explicitly by analyzing reference reactions in different physics scenarios. The results show that positron polarization, combined with the clean experimental environment provided by the linear collider, allows to improve strongly the potential of searches for new particles and the identification of their dynamics, which opens the road to resolve shortcomings of the Standard Model. The report also presents an overview of possible designs for polarizing both beams at the ILC, as well as for measuring their polarization.
Subfields: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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Citations in the corpus
- A Large Hadron Electron Collider at CERN: Report on the Physics and Design Concepts for Machine and Detector (2012, background): “The measurement of both scattered photon and electron/positron spectra was therefore foreseen for a very high precision polarimetry at future electron-positron high energy colliders [598,925].”
- International linear collider reference design report (2007, background): “The positron source should be upgradable to produce a beam with more than ±50% polarisation[7].”