Circle Line Tour talks
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The case for a new accelerator for particle physics experimentation
beyond the LHC is a pressing issue for the worldwide community
of high energy physics. Several flavors of electron colliders,
muon colliders, and various schemes for new opportunities in hadron
colliders have been proposed. There are many issues to confront in
reaching a consensus on the appropriate direction to take, but at the
heart of these is the physics case for each. The discussion is
complicated by the variety of possible physics results in the near
and intermediate future at LEP, Tevatron and LHC.
A series of 'CIRCLE LINE TOUR' talks will be held at Fermilab during
the Fall to address physics issues central to future colliders,
commissioned sometime after the LHC program is operational.
We expect expert speakers to cover specific topics in depth,
based on questions raised prior to the talk by a panel of
interrogators. Each talk and discussion session of two hours
should give ample time to explore these physics issues.
The set of Circle Line Tour talks should provide the basis for a
follow-on workshop at Fermilab, to further explore specific physics
issues for lepton colliders and for building scenarios to understand
the character of a desired future accelerator (colliding beam particles,
energy, luminosity etc.).
To evaluate the potential of any future collider and to help build
the consensus needed to focus worldwide support for a new accelerator,
it will be essential to understand the capabilities of LEP2, Tevatron,
and LHC experiments as completely as possible, within the confines of
realistic physics scenarios.
A web page has been set up announcing the series, and giving links
to papers giving useful background for the individual talks:
http://sbhep1.physics.sunysb.edu/~grannis/circleline.html
The first two talks will be held Sept. 9 and 10 at Fermilab.
Thursday, September 9: Ian Hinchliffe (LBNL)
"Supersymmetry Studies at the LHC"
Friday. September 10: Michael Peskin (SLAC)
"Supersymmetry Studies at Lepton Colliders"
Both talks will be at 3:30 PM in Wilson Hall, 1 West.
A two-hour period has been reserved to allow ample discussion
and interaction. Refreshments and informal discussion will
precede/follow the talks.
We invite all to join in this discussion of our future directions.
planned future talks include:
o LHC capabilities for Higgs/Susy Higgs
o ee Linear Collider capabilities for Higgs/Susy Higgs
o mumu Collider capabilities for Higgs/Susy Higgs and the
benefit of higher energy
o Strong Coupling physics
o Flavor Physics issues at high energies (Yukawa coupling unification,
extension of CKM physics, origin of flavors)
Paul Grannis ([log in to unmask])
Chris Quigg ([log in to unmask])
(co-organizers)
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