Session D4 - Physics at the Energy Frontier II.
INVITED session, Saturday afternoon, May 01
Plaza F, Adam's Mark Hotel
At the request of the United States Linear Collider Steering Group (USLCSG), a study has been carried out to evaluate two options for a high-energy electron-positron linear collider sited in the United States. One option is based on normal-conducting X-band rf technology, similar to the design of the GLC/NLC Collaboration. The other option is based on superconducting L-band rf technology, similar to the design of the TESLA Collaboration. The reference designs for both options satisfy the physics-based machine requirements specified by the Physics/Detector Subcommittee of the USLCSG. Both options were developed in concert, using, as much as possible, similar approaches in technical design for similar accelerator systems, and a common approach to cost and schedule estimation, reliability design and evaluation, and project risk assessments. This talk will present the results of the study.