Compact Linear Collider
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The Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) is a proposed CERN experiment consisting in a linear electron–positron collider. It would be built after Large Hadron Collider. It is separate from the International Linear Collider project, and differs in its use of more novel technology and its higher planned energy of several TeV. Currently research is in progress to develop cavities that can sustain the required alternating electric field.
The novel feature of the CLIC proposal is its use of two-beam acceleration. The design involves coupled RF cavities to transfer energy from a high-current, low-energy drive beam to a low-current, high-energy beam to be used in collisions. It is hoped that this design will allow acceleration to significantly higher energies (3 to 5 TeV) in a shorter-length machine than the more conventional acceleration cavities of the ILC design.
[edit] External links
- The Compact Linear Collider Study
- The Compact Linear Collider in symmetry magazine
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