Physics with e+e− linear colliders

• Published in: Physics reports Vol. 299; no. 1; pp. 1 - 78
• Main Authors: Accomando, E., Andreazza, A., Ballestrero, A., Barklow, T., Bartels, J., Bartl, A., Battaglia, M., Beenakker, W., Bélanger, G., Bernreuther, W., Biebel, J., Binnewies, J., Blümlein, J., Boudjema, F., Brandenburg, A., Bussey, P.J., Cacciari, M., Casalbuoni, R., Corsetti, A., Cuypers, F., Daskalakis, G., Deandrea, A., Denner, A., Diehl, M., Dittmaier, S., Djouadi, A., Dominici, D., Dreiner, H., Eberl, H., Ellwanger, U., Engel, R., Franz, H., Genten, H., Godbole, R., Gounaris, G., Greco, M., Grivaz, J.-F., Guetta, D., Harlander, R., He, H.J., Huitu, K., Igo-Kemenes, P., Ilyin, V., Janot, P., Jegerlehner, F., Jeżabek, M., Jim, B., Kalinowski, J., Kilian, W., Kim, B.R., Kleinwort, T., Kniehl, B.A., Kramer, G., Kraml, S., Krause, A., Krawczyk, M., Kühn, J.H., Kyriakis, A., Leike, A., Maalampi, J., Majerotto, W., Martinez, M., Miquel, R., Nippe, A., Nowak, H., Ohl, T., Osland, P., Pancheri, G., Pankov, A.A., Papadopoulos, C.G., Peter, M., Pizzio, M., Pohl, M., Polonsky, N., Porod, W., Pukhov, A., Riemann, S., Riemann, T., Riesselmann, K., Riu, I., De Roeck, A., Rosiek, J., Rückl, R., Schreiber, H.J., Schulte, D., Settles, R., Shanidze, R., Shichanin, S., Simopoulou, E., Sjöstrand, T., Smith, J., Sopczak, A., Spiesberger, H., Vander Velde, C., Vogt, A., Vuopionper, R., Wagner, A., Ward, J., Wiik, B.H., Zerwas, P.M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01-06-1998
• Subjects: 12.10.-g; 12.15.-y; 12.38.-t; 12.60.-i; Compositeness; e+e− linear colliders; Electroweak gauge bosons; Fysik; Higgs; Natural Sciences; Naturvetenskap; Physical Sciences; Subatomic Physics; Subatomär fysik; Supersymmetry; Top quark; Top quark; Supersymmetry; 12.38.−t; e + e − linear colliders; Higgs; Electroweak gauge bosons; Compositeness; 12.10.−g; 12.15.−y; 12.60.−i
• ISSN: 0370-1573; 1873-6270
• DOI: 10.1016/S0370-1573(97)00086-0

The physics potential of
e
+
e
− linear colliders is summarized in this report. These machines are planned to operate in the first phase at a center-of-mass energy of 500
GeV, before being scaled up to about 1
TeV. In the second phase of the operation, a final energy of about 2
TeV is expected. The machines will allow us to perform precision tests of the heavy particles in the Standard Model, the top quark and the electroweak bosons. They are ideal facilities for exploring the properties of Higgs particles, in particular in the intermediate mass range. New vector bosons and novel matter particles in extended gauge theories can be searched for and studied thoroughly. The machines provide unique opportunities for the discovery of particles in supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model, the spectrum of Higgs particles, the supersymmetric partners of the electroweak gauge and Higgs bosons, and of the matter particles. High precision analyses of their properties and interactions will allow for extrapolations to energy scales close to the Planck scale where gravity becomes significant. In alternative scenarios, i.e. compositeness models, novel matter particles and interactions can be discovered and investigated in the energy range above the existing colliders up to the TeV scale. Whatever scenario is realized in Nature, the discovery potential of
e
+
e
− linear colliders and the high precision with which the properties of particles and their interactions can be analyzed, define an exciting physics program complementary to hadron machines.