The International Linear Collider Technical Design Report - Volume 4: Detectors

Abstract

The International Linear Collider Technical Design Report (TDR) describes in four volumes the physics case and the design of a 500 GeV centre-of-mass energy linear electron-positron collider based on superconducting radio-frequency technology using Niobium cavities as the accelerating structures. The accelerator can be extended to 1 TeV and also run as a Higgs factory at around 250 GeV and on the Z0 pole. A comprehensive value estimate of the accelerator is give, together with associated uncertainties. It is shown that no significant technical issues remain to be solved. Once a site is selected and the necessary site-dependent engineering is carried out, construction can begin immediately. The TDR also gives baseline documentation for two high-performance detectors that can share the ILC luminosity by being moved into and out of the beam line in a "push-pull" configuration. These detectors, ILD and SiD, are described in detail. They form the basis for a world-class experimental programme that promises to increase significantly our understanding of the fundamental processes that govern the evolution of the Universe.

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• Figure 3: Figure I-1.2. Two event displays for: (up) $e^{+} e^{-} \rightarrow Z h ; Z \rightarrow \mu^{+} \mu^{-} ; h \rightarrow b \bar{b}$ at 250 GeV from SiD and (down) $e^{+} e^{-} \rightarrow t \bar{t} h ; t \bar{t} \rightarrow 6 q ; h \rightarrow b \bar{b}$ from ILD at 1 TeV .
• Figure 4: Figure I-1.3 ILC detector management organisation
• Figure 5: Figure I-2.1 Tree of electromagnetic calorimeter technologies -ECAL- (left) and hadron calorimeter technologies -HCAL(right).