FCC Physics Opportunities [Future Circular Collider Conceptual Design Report Volume 1]

• Main Authors: Acar, A. O., Akay, A., Alía, R. G., Andris, C., Antonioli, P., Apolinário, L., Bellingeri, E., Berriaud, C., Boccali, T., Boels, R., Boos, E., Braibant-Giacomelli, S., Bramante, J., Calaga, R., Calviani, M., Chorowski, M., Ciftci, R., Cimino, R., Cooley, L., Dalena, B., Daljevec, A., Schwartzentruber, L. D'Aloia, Da Silveira, G. G., D'Auria, V., D'Auria, S., David, A., De Rijk, G., Descotes-Genon, S., De Vivie De Régie, J. B., Ellis, S. A., Fabbricatore, P., Fan, J., Ferradas Troitino, J., Ferrara, G., Ferreira Da Silva, P., Florio, M., Francavilla, P., Giovannozzi, M., Gluza, J., Hrdinka, J., Hug, F., Ilyina-Brunner, K., Kara, S. O., Kim, D. W., Kollegger, A., Kozaczuk, J., Lackner, F., Laycock, P. J., Liu, Z., Long, A. J., Lueckhof, M., Malyshev, O. B., Minashvili, I., Mohapatra, R. N., Monge, R., Monteil, S., Nachtman, J., Nakamoto, T., Novokhatski, A., Özdemir, K., Pan, R.-Q., Pankov, A. A., Papadopoulos, C. G., Parma, V., Perez, E., Pernegger, H., Peruzzi, M., Pikurs, G., Piminov, P., Polini, A., Redaelli, S., Rescigno, M., Ribon, A., Riegler, W., Rojas-Torres, S., Royon, C., Salmi, T., Schwerg, N., Scibile, L., Sciuto, A., Shipsey, I. P., Shirkov, G. D., Sian, T., Sirtori, E., Spiesberger, H., Steerenberg, R., Sublet, A., Sultansoy, S., Tavian, L., Telnov, V. I., Terashi, K., Torre, R., Tydecks, T., Garcia, M. A. Valdivia, Van Leeuwen, M., Verducci, M., Volpini, G., Wang, L.-T., Wulzer, A., Zhao, Z.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung, GSI, Darmstadt 2019
• Subjects: accelerator: design; activity report; coherence; electroweak interaction; FCC; flavor; heavy ion; new physics; particle physics; sensitivity; strong interaction
• ISSN: 1434-6044; 1434-6052
• DOI: 10.15120/gsi-2020-00263

We review the physics opportunities of the Future Circular Collider, covering its e$^{+}$e$^{-}$, pp, ep and heavy ion programmes. We describe the measurement capabilities of each FCC component, addressing the study of electroweak, Higgs and strong interactions, the top quark and flavour, as well as phenomena beyond the Standard Model. We highlight the synergy and complementarity of the different colliders, which will contribute to a uniquely coherent and ambitious research programme, providing an unmatchable combination of precision and sensitivity to new physics.