Title
| Facility plans for the LHEC |
Author(s)
| Holzer, B J (CERN) |
Publication
| Berlin, Germany : Science Wise Publ., 2009 |
Number of pages
| 5 |
In:
| 17th International Workshop on Deep-inelastic Scattering and Related Subjects, Madrid, Spain, 26 Apr - 30 Apr 2009, pp.223 |
Subject category
| Accelerators and Storage Rings ; Detectors and Experimental Techniques |
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment
| CERN LHeC |
Abstract
| The LHeC aims at the generation of hadron-lepton collisions with center of mass energies in the TeV scale. The existing LHC storage ring with its 7 TeV proton beams is extended by a high energy electron accelerator in the energy range of 60 to 140 GeV. This paper presents technical considerations and parameter choices for such a machine and outlines the challenges of colliding a high intensity high energy proton and electron beam. The LHeC is presently being evaluated in the form of two options, 'ring-ring' and 'linac-ring', either of which operate simultaneously with pp or ion-ion collisions in other LHC interaction regions. Each option takes advantage of recent advances in radio- frequency, in linear acceleration, and in other associated technologies, to achieve ep luminosity as large as 10 33 cm − 2 s − 1. |