Session D4 - Physics at the Energy Frontier II.
INVITED session, Saturday afternoon, May 01
Plaza F, Adam's Mark Hotel
This year the ICFA-sponsored International Technology Recommendation Panel will down-select an rf technology to be used for the main linacs in a next generation linear collider. A choice will be made between the cold technology of the TESLA proposal, which employs superconducting, L-Band (1.3 GHz) accelerator cavities, and the warm technology of the NLC and GLC proposals, which employ room temperature, X-band (11.4 GHz) accelerator structures. The choice of a warm or cold approach has major implications not only for the rf systems, but for the challenges faced in generating and preserving the small beam emittances that are required. This paper will focus on the rf systems, in particular, a review will be given of the designs, the Ramp;D programs and the risks associated with achieving the beam energy goals in each case.