Compact Linear Collider

The Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) is a proposed linear particle accelerator under design at CERN. CLIC is separate from the International Linear Collider project, and differs from it using normal conducting cavities (not superconducting like in ILC) to achieve a higher planned energy of several TeV ^[1]. Currently research is in progress to develop cavities that can sustain the required alternating electric field. The aim is to demonstrate the feasibility of the technology in the year 2010 to allow a decision to fund the project afterwards.

The novel feature of the CLIC proposal is its use of two-beam acceleration. The design involves coupled radio frequency cavities to transfer energy from a high-current, low-energy drive beam to a low-current, high-energy beam to be used in collisions. It is hoped that this design will allow acceleration to significantly higher energies (3 to 5 TeV) in a shorter-length machine than the more conventional acceleration cavities of the ILC design.

See also

• Dielectric barrier discharge
• Electron irradiation

References

1. ^ "The Compact Linear Collider (CLIC)". Elizabeth Clements. Geneva, Switzerland. 2005-08-01. http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/cms/?pid=1000156. Retrieved 2010-06-09. 

External links

• The Compact Linear Collider Study
• CLIC in a nutshell on clic-study.org
• The Compact Linear Collider in symmetry magazine