Open AccessFuture of high energy physics
Author(s) -
Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/6735685
Subject(s) - collider , physics , extension (predicate logic) , proton , nuclear physics , range (aeronautics) , superconducting super collider , high energy , large hadron collider , storage ring , electron , energy (signal processing) , proton synchrotron , synchrotron , particle physics , particle accelerator , beam (structure) , engineering physics , computer science , aerospace engineering , engineering , optics , quantum mechanics , programming language
A rough overview is given of the expectations for the extension of high energy colliders and accelerators into the xtremely high energy range. It appears likely that the SSC or something like it will be the last gasp of the conventional method of producing high energy proton-proton collisions using synchrotron rings with superconducting magnets. It is likely that LEP will be the highest energy e+e/sup -/ colliding beam storage ring built. The future beyond that depends on the successful demonstrations of new technologies. The linear collider offers hope in this respect for some extension in energy for electrons, and maybe even for protons, but is too early to judge whether, by how much, or when such an extension will indeed take place.
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