The International Linear Collider

TL;DR

The paper discusses the International Linear Collider, a proposed high-energy electron-positron collider designed to complement LHC data and explore fundamental questions in particle physics and cosmology.

Contribution

It reviews the physics goals, design challenges, and potential scientific impact of the ILC as a next-generation collider project.

Findings

ILC aims to achieve 0.3 to 1 TeV collision energies.

Expected to provide precision measurements complementing LHC results.

Addresses major technical challenges in accelerator and detector design.

Abstract

The International Linear Collider (ILC) is the next large scale project in accelerator particle physics. Colliding electrons with positrons at energies from 0.3 TeV up to about 1 TeV, the ILC is expected to provide the accuracy needed to complement the LHC data and extend the sensitivity to new phenomena at the high energy frontier and answer some of the fundamental questions in particle physics and in its relation to Cosmology. This paper reviews some highlights of the ILC physics program and some of the major challenges for the accelerator and detector design.