Dear all

As you may have heard, there are many discussions now ongoing on to 
start with
an ILC at 250 GeV to lower the initial cost of the project.
There seems to be quite some support for this scenario from Japanese 
Government circles.

There are four distinct scenarios one could think about which involve 
both machine and tunnel options

a) 250 GeV machine in a 250 GeV tunnel
    Only build a tunnel suitable for 250 GeV machine, later updates will 
require major construction work

b) 250 GeV machine in a 500 GeV tunnel
    Only build a  250 GeV machine but drill the complete 31 km tunnel 
for 500 GeV, later updates will only require installation of
    Cryomodules, RF, etc. and can be adiabatic


c) 250 GeV machine in a 350 GeV tunnel
    Only build a  250 GeV machine but drill a tunnel suitable for 350 
GeV machine
    With a 10% increase in cavity gradient, this can later be still 
enough to get to 500 GeV. The cost increase for the 350 GeV tunnel will 
be a few %

d) 500 GeV or bust
    We need to start at 500 GeV, so go for the complete project as 
spec'ed in the TDR

One should also point out, that the 250 GeV machine is not half-price, 
it is very roughly more like two-thirds of the 500 GeV machine, but 
detailed costing studies will be presented at the SLAC workshop
Since this is really affecting the physics program and the associated 
timescales, we'd like to hear your input.

Which option would you prefer, keeping the signals from Japan in mind ?

Best wishes

Andy & Marcel

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